Prevalence of Shoulder, Back and Neck Pain in Female Nurses of Nishtar Hospital, Multan

Abstract

Work related musculoskeletal disorder is increasing ration in nursing population of hospital about 33% which in result affect the quality of life and limits the activity of daily living
 Objective: To nd prevalence of back, shoulder and neckpain in female nurses of Nishtar hospital Multan
 Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted onfemale nurses of Nishter Hospital, Multan. Non Probability Convenience sampling technique was used and total of 80 nurses were participated in this study. Nordic questionnaire and visualanalogue scale was used tool for data collection. Nurses of age 18-55, Student professional nurses, nurses willing to participate, nurses having minimum one year experience in this field wereincluded while nurses who refused to participate in this study, pregnant nurses, nurses having spinal issue and systemic problems were excluded from the study. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 22.0 version.
 Results:63.8% nurses were having low back pain, 40% nurses having neck pain and 38.75 complaints about the shoulder pain. The results of chisquare test revealed p<0.05 which showed that there was analytical significant symbolic affiliation between neck, shoulder, Low back pain and Working hours /week.Conclusions:Majority nurses reported they suffer from low back, neck and shoulder pain. Working for long time or increased working hours is a potential risk factor for low back, neck and shoulderProblems.