Abstract
BackgroundTo evaluate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in perioperative nurses and to explore their association with personal characteristics.MethodsMedline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Joanna Briggs Institute Database were systematically searched. A meta-analysis calculating event rates, and relative 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) was performed for each musculoskeletal body region. The contribution of perioperative nurses’ sex, age, and BMI was assessed through a meta-regression.ResultsTwenty-two studies, considering 3590 perioperative nurses, were included in the systematic review. The highest prevalence of WRMSDs was found for the lower-back (62%; 95% CI 0.54–0.70), followed by knee (47%; 95% CI 0.36–0.59), shoulder (44%; 95% CI 0.37–0.51), waist (42%; 95% CI 0.31–0.53), neck (39%; 95% CI 0.29–0.51), ankle-feet (35%; 95% CI 0.22–0.51), upper-back (34%; 95% CI 0.25–0.44), hand-wrist (29%; 95% CI 0.20–0.40), and elbow (18%; 95% CI 0.12–0.26). Meta-regression showed that sex, age, and BMI were not significant predictors of low-back disorders (p = 0.69; R2 = 0).ConclusionsWRMSDs represent a high prevalence issue among perioperative nurses. Perioperative nurses, in general, are steadily exposed to both physical and temporal risk factors. Further studies should be addressed to identify specific interventions aimed at reducing the burden of WRMSDs including ergonomic education and physical rehabilitation. Our data could be used in future studies as a reference to assess the risk of WRMSDs in other health-care professionals’ population.
Highlights
To evaluate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in perioperative nurses and to explore their association with personal characteristics
Exposure: operating room environment Outcomes: identify the magnitude and characteristics of WRMSDs in perioperative nurses, define the personal characteristics related to musculoskeletal disorders and evaluate the relationships between the health effects/risk factors and working conditions
Fourteen additional citations were added by checking the references of relevant papers and hand-searching for studies that have cited these papers
Summary
To evaluate the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) in perioperative nurses and to explore their association with personal characteristics. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs) is an umbrella term for symptoms caused or worsened by work These disorders are defined as WRMSDs can be classed as social and economic issues due to their impact on mental and physical health [4]. Recent studies have shown that physical factors, such as bending and twisting, manual handling, forceful movements are cardinal determinants of musculoskeletal disorders [2, 6]. From this perspective, it is no surprise that nurses, the largest professional group in health care system, have high incidence rates of musculoskeletal disorders.
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