Impact of Disability, Workplace Stress and Other Associated Factors on Quality of Life among Nurses with Non-Specific Low Back Ache in Dehradun
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Non-specific low back pain is defined as low back pain not attributable to recognizable known specific pathology (infection, tumor, osteoporosis, fracture, structural deformity, inflammatory disorder, radicular syndrome or cauda equina syndrome). Nursing the biggest health care profession is globally dominated by female population. Nursing care also includes guiding the patients to prevent illness through hygienic living and helping him to use the available community resources for the same. Nurses stand for long periods of time and perform repetitive lifting and patients transfer that are associated with low back pain. Materials and Methods: A total number of 100 subjects (females) have participated in the study. These subjects were the working nurses from private hospitals, government hospitals and various nursing homes in and around Dehradun. Results: Correlation of data between WPSS & WHOQOL given statistically significant value, Workplace Stress & Disability given statistically significant value, WHOQOL & Disability given statistically non significant value. Conclusion: Present study aimed to evaluate the impact of disability due to nonspecific low back pain along with workplace stress and other associated factors on Quality of Life among nurses as related to age, height, weight using questionnaire survey and interview based evaluation method. The study indicated that large numbers of nurses of Dehradun were affected due to low back pain.
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Tulika Rai, Vivek Chauhan
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