K종합병원 간호사의 요통관련 요인

Abstract

The purpose of the survey was to find out the related factors and characteristics of low back pain of nurses and to provide basic data for prevention program of the low back pain. The subjects of the survey were 243 nurses of A general hospital located in the city of Taegu. the survey was conducted from May 24, 1994 to June 6, 1994. The questionnaire included 22 question items concerning general characteristics of subjects, physical nursing activities, psychological responses of job and characteristics of low back pain. The results were as follows : 1. General characteristics of nurses were no significant difference between th general and special department. 2. Nurses working in special department showed the higher physical nursing activities, than those in general department, trunk twisting(p<0.01), carrying the heavy materials(p<0.001), stretching of the arms(p<0.01), pulling and pushing(p<0.01), and lifting(p<0.05) the heavy objects. But the bending was not significant between two groups. 3. Of the psychological responses of the nurses job, the nurses in the special department showed heavier job stress than those in the genenal department(p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the job load between two groups. 4. Compared with reference group, the odds ratios for bending, carrying the heavy materials, pulling and pushing and lifting the heavy objects were 2.55(p<0.05), 2.84(p<0.05), and 3.58(p<0.05) in general department, And the odds ratios for bending, trunk twisting, carrying the heavy materials, and pulling and pushing the heavy objects were 5.65(p<0.05), 12.71(p<0.01), 7.29(p<0.01), and 5.74(p<0.01) in special department. 5. compared with reference group, the odds ratio for job stress was 2.79(p<0.05) in general department, 1.44 in special department. 6. The nurses working in the special department were showed higher job-related low back pain than those in the general department(p<0.001).