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KMID : 0381319980370010017
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health
1998 Volume.37 No. 1 p.17 ~ p.29
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Health Risk Factors of Nurses in the Operating Room
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Abstract
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In order to investigate and compare the health risk factors of nurses in the operating room(OR nurse) and ward(WARD nurse), the questionnaire survey for subjective symptoms was carried out on 553 nurses (132 OR nurses and 421 WARD nurses) who were employed at seven hospital.
The self-administered questionnaires were composed of low back pain, subjective fatigue symptoms, musculo-skeletal symptoms, psychological stress and reproductive function.
The results were as follows:
1. In the type of working posture and working environment, there were significant difference between two groups for working posture, waist form, height of working table, satisfaction of chair, lifting & caring.
2. Job satisfaction, duration of work, height of working table, satisfaction of chair, lifting & carrying were significantly associated the low back pain.
3. In the complaints of subjective fatigue symptoms, the total mean score was higher in OR nurse than WARD nurse but there was not significant. The items that the mean score of OR nurse was significantly higher than WARD nurse were ´head feels muddled´, ´apt to forget´, ´feel choky´.
4. In the complaints of musculo-skeletal symptoms, the total mean score was higher in OR nurse than WARD nurse, but there was not significant difference. The item which the mean score of OR nurse was significantly higher WARD nurse was ´wrist discomfort or pain´.
5. The comparison of spontatenous abortion in married nurses who had the experience of pregnancy were significantly associated the stress risk group.
6. In all of OR and WARD nurse, the job satisfaction is associated with subjective fatigue symptoms, muculo-skeletal symptoms, and stress.
In conclusion, it suggested that working posture, working environment, stress, and Job satisfaction were health risk factors of nurses working in the operating room. Further prospective intervention studies should be conducted to educate right working posture, to improve the working environment, to decrease the stress, and to increase the job satisfaction.
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