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KMID : 0384920090180020270
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Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
2009 Volume.18 No. 2 p.270 ~ p.280
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Job Stress and Work-related Musculoskeletal Symptoms of General Hospital Nurses
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Woo Nam-Hee
Kim Souk-Young
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was conducted to examine the relationship between job stress and work-related musculoskeletal symptoms of hospital nurses.
Method: The questionnaires were administered to 290 nurses working in a general hospital located in S city from September 1 to 15, 2008. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics, and logistic regression test by SPSS WIN 14.0.
Results: With the NIOSH criteria 1, the musculoskeletal symptoms were prevalent in 66.8% of the subjects. The musculoskeletal symptoms by body parts appeared mostly on leg/foot(40.6%) and followed by shoulder (38.7%), waist(30.3%), neck(23.6%), hand/wrist/ finger(14.0%) and arm/elbow(4.4%). There were statistically significant differences in prevalence rate of musculoskeletal symptoms by age, work department, career and job stress.
Conclusion: When developing a management program for musculoskeletal symptoms of hospital nurses, it is necessary to fully understand nurses’ work considering each hospital’s nursing administration system.
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KEYWORD
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Musculoskeletal symptoms, Job stress, Nurse
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