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Hacia la Promoción de la Salud
Print version ISSN 0121-7577
Abstract
MONTALVO PRIETO, Amparo Astrid; CORTES MUNERA, Yesica María and ROJAS LOPEZ, Martha Cecilia. ERGONOMIC RISK ASSOCIATED TO MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS IN NURSING STAFF. Hacia promoc. Salud [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.2, pp.132-146. ISSN 0121-7577. https://doi.org/10.17151/hpsal.2015.20.2.11.
Objective: To associate musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic risk factors in nursing staff from a clinic in the Atlantic Coast, 2014. Materials and Methods: Descriptive-analytic study conducted with 111 nursing workers. The sociodemographic survey, Nordic (Spanish version) and a risk rating instrument according to physical activity were applied. Results: 73.9% of nursing staff in the institution are nursing assistants, 84.7% are women, with an average age of 30 years; 42.3% has been working at the clinic for less than a year and they work 41 to 60 hours a week on average (58.6%). 49.5% of nursing staff expressed muscular pains over the past 12 months, being back (37.8%) and neck (16.2%), the most affected parts of the body. During the working day, 39.6% carry weights higher than those permitted for men and women. There is significant association (p < 0.05) between the physical workload and the risk to show back symptoms (p = 0.036) or right hand-wrist troubles (p = 0.014). Conclusions: Back and right hand wrist pains are significantly associated (p < 0.05) to the physical workload risk.
Keywords : nurses; occupational hazards; ergonomics; symptoms; muscle pain.