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KMID : 0381320020410030131
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health
2002 Volume.41 No. 3 p.131 ~ p.141
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Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Related Factors on the Nurses in Several General Hospitals
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Kim Yeong-Ok
Koo Jung-Wan
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Abstract
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This study examined the influences that are made on the nurses’ subjective symptoms of musculoskeletal system. The subjects were 626 nurses who worked for over 1 year at 5 general hospitals located in Seoul and KyeongKi Province. A standardized questionnaire asking nurses’ subjective symptoms of musculoskeletal system was used. The collected data were statistically analyzed.
The results were as follows:
1. As to nurses’ complaint rate of subjective musculoskeletal symptoms by body region, the figure was the highest for upper/lower back with 87.2%, followed by shoulder 86.6%, leg/knee/ankle/foot 84.1%, neck 76.2%, and arm/wrist/hand 61.1% respectively.
2. Among the nurses who have under 2 years of experience at present, the complaint rate for upper/lower back was 92.0%. Among the nurses who have over 10 years of career at present, the complaint rate for shoulder was 100.0%, upper/lower back 94.1%, and leg/knee/ankle/foot 94.1%. For the nurses who have 5∼10 years of career at present, the complaint rate for shoulder was 89.7%, leg/knee/ankle/foot 85.6%, and neck 80.2%.
3. With regard to nurses’ complaint rate according to their posts, the upper/lower back complaint rate of those who work at the hospice ward was 100.0%, at the emergency room 93.3%, and at the intensive care unit 91.5%. The shoulder complaint rate of those who work at the delivery room was 93.3%, the intensive care unit 91.5%, and the hospice unit 85.7%. The leg/knee/ankle/foot complaint rate of nurses who work at the hospice ward was 100.0% and at the delivery room and the nursery room 88.2%. The arm/wrist/hand complaint rate of nurses who work at the delivery room was 68.8% and at the intensive care unit 65.1%. The neck complaint rate of those who work at the emergency room was 87.8%, at the hospice ward 85.7%, and at the delivery room 82.4%.
4. With regard to nurses’ musculoskeletal symptoms, the correlation with the variables including marital status, existence and nonexistence of housework assistants, family dependents, and average housework-time was not significant. A significant difference was found in cases where they are older or younger than norm, they work in special divisions, their breaktime is too short, or the work system is a 3-shift one(p＜0.01) .
5. The cure rate for musculoskeletal symptom was 13.0%; the rate of absence from work was 2.4%. As for countermeasures for improvement of symptoms, the rate of relaxation was 82.6%, that of work-place or work post 1.4%, and the other cases occupied 2.0%. The rate of working difficulties was 12.2%; the rate of past complaints 23.2%.
In conclusion, musculoskeletal complaints of the subjects were in order of back, shoulder, leg, wrist, and neck. The symptoms were affected by age, working career at the present department, the entire working career, working department, resting time, and the 3-shift system.
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KEYWORD
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Musculoskeletal system, Subjective symptoms, Nurses
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