Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Jimma Zone Public Hospitals, South West Ethiopia
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...…et al 2020 2019 264 Crosssectional 14 9.5 Cleaners Tigray [31] Dagne et al 2020 2016/17 755 Crosssectional 40.9 38 Bank workers Addis Ababa [32] Regassa et al 2018 2015 301 Crosssectional 14.1 24 Nurses Oromia [33] Keys: MSDs: Musculoskeletal Disorders; NA: Not Applicable; SNNP: Southern…...
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...Similarly the study conducted in Nigeria [17] and India [22] indicated lifting and transferring dependent patients was significantly associated factor with WMSDs....
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...Many studies indicates that lower back pain is the most common MSD [13,17,18,20,22,25]....
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...The prevalence of neck and knee region in this study was comparable with the study in Nigeria [17]....
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...4% of the nurses have had WMSDs once or more in their lifework [17]....
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...The study conducted in Nigeria [17] also indicated that working in the same position for prolonged time is associated with WMSDs and the study in Brazil by Foncica [10] shows poor posture of the back during work is associated predictors for WMDs....
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...The major body regions involved include lower back as well as upper and lower limb extremities [1-3]....
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...For instance higher prevalence of WMSDs among nurses in mainland China 70% [25], rural Malaysia 73....
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...Many studies indicates that lower back pain is the most common MSD [13,17,18,20,22,25]....
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