Musculoskeletal Disorders among Healthcare Workers of Governmental Hospitals in Duhok Governorate
Keywords:
Musculoskeletal disorders, Healthcare Workers, Governmental Hospitals, DuhokAbstract
work related musculoskeletal disorders affect the entire body's muscles, tendons, ligaments, bone, joint, intervertebral disc, and skeleton. Symptoms such as discomfort, numbness, heaviness, and exhaustion are used to diagnose them. The purpose of this article is to find out musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare workers in governmental hospitals in Duhok governorate, Iraq. A cross-sectional study conducted among 1843 healthcare professional (physicians and nurses) who employed at thirteen governmental hospitals in the Duhok governorate, multistage sampling method was used, first, by dividing the population under study into clusters, each hospital represents a cluster; then, according to proportion of each hospital, convenience sampling method used to select 400 healthcare workers. The last 12 months' prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among healthcare workers was; the lower back pain had the highest proportion 314 (78.5 %), neck pain was 267 (66.75%), prevalence of pain in the shoulders was 251 (62.75%) and Feet pain was 249 (62.25%). Other less common musculoskeletal where pain in Knee joint was 203 (50.75%), Wrist/ Hand 194 (48.5%), thigh pain 141 (35.25%), pain in elbow 131 (32.75%), finally, hip joint had the lowest proportion of pain among other musculoskeletal and it was 126 (31.5%). Low back pain among healthcare had highest prevalence followed by Neck pain, and both of them seem to be increased with the progress of the age of healthcare workers. Statistically, there was a significant correlation between the older age and low back pain and neck pain. Nurses more than physicians were frequently consulted orthopaedic clinics due to musculoskeletal disorders. Statistically, there was a significant difference between physicians and nurses who required orthopaedic Consultation
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