Effectiveness of Spinal Extension Exercises On Lower Back Pain Among Staff Nurses Working In Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Abstract

“Lower back pain” refers to any pain or discomfort experienced in the bottom region of the spinal cord or lumbar spine. This region supports most of the upper body’s weight. Additionally, this specific type of lower back pain is extremely widespread, affecting around 80 % of adults and ranking as the number one cause of job-related disability. Luckily, there are many effective treatments eliminate lower back pain. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of Spinal Extension Exercises on lower back pain among the staff nurses in the experimental group. methods Research design was experimental & adopted the consecutive sampling technique. 332 staff nurses with LBP and 166 samples in each group (experimental and control) & research setting was PBMH, Bhubaneswar. Pretest-Posttest control group design was adopted. In this study dependent variable was Lower back pain and independent variable was spinal extension exercise. Intervention was only provided to the experimental group. Pretest and three posttests mean score have been observed periodically from the experimental and control group. The data was analyzed by using the Chi-Square, Fisher’s-exact and t-test. Results & Discussion: 54.55% male staff nurse in both control and experimental group. Maximum 79.51% staff nurses were under 20-30 age group in control group. Most 69.87% staff nurse’s height between 5.1-6 feet in control group & there maximum 66.26% staff nurse’s height between 5.1-6 feet in the experimental group. Maximum 54.21% are having weight between 51-60 kg in control group. (51.47%) nurses with B.Sc. nursing in the control group & experimental group (51.20%). Among the staff nurses in control group maximum (92.16%) were having 6hrs duty & experimental group (83.73%). In pretest, pain score was 4.71 ± 1.21(Mean ± SD) in control group and 5.09 ± 1.29 (Mean ± SD) in experimental group. After exercise, intervention mean score level is significantly decreased at after 2 weeks 4.62 ± 1.29(Mean ± SD), after 4 weeks 3.58 ± 1.30 (Mean ± SD) and after 6 weeks 4.04 ± 2.28 (Mean ± SD) with p value of ˂ 0.001. Only work experience is having significant association among staff nurses with LBP. Conclusion Staff nurses with lower back pain have a greater functional improvement after exercising the spinal extension exercise. The study result shows that highly significant in the experimental. Spinal extension exercise is an effective and simple strategy to reduce lower back pain among the staff nurses.