Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery (Apr 2011)
Evaluation of Body posture Ergonomyic during work in intensive care units nurses in teaching hospitals of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Rasht city in 2010
Abstract
Introduction: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders, with their high incidence, especially in jobs with activities such as patient change position, have attracted specialists attention to ergonomic science for nurses. Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of evaluation of nurses body posture ergonomic during work with patients change of position in intensive care units. Methods: This descriptive analytic-cross sectional study was conducted on 91 ICU nurses and data were gathered using a two-part tool consisting demographic data and REBA worksheet. Data were gathered by self-report(for demographic data) and observation(for environmental factors and REBA) and descriptive and analytical tests were used data analysis using SPSS17software. Results: This survey showed that REBA score in the majority of intensive care units nurses (77.7%) was 4-7(medium risk with necessary need to change). The most ergonomic problem with level of moderate or more was seen in wrist area. Unfortunately, only 19.4% of samples had desirable ergonomic posture that had significant relationship with sample's work position (P>0.007) and less work experience years in ICU(P>0.0001). Conclusion: In attention to unsatisfactory ergonomic in more than 80% of nurses while changing patients position, it is necessery to pay more attention and determine effective factors and necessery plans to improve body ergonomic to improve body posture and finally decrease injuries in nurses.
