Evaluation of low back pain prevalence in emergency department workers
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Doç. Dr. Dilek Atik Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Başar Cander
Türkiye
Türkiye
Cesareddin Dikmetaş
Türkiye
Türkiye
Bensu Bulut
Türkiye
Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Emre Gökçen Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. İbrahim Çaltekin Ordu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Levent Albayrak Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hasan Burak KAYA Türkiye
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| Dergi Adı | Eurasian Journal of Critical Care | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2667-8721 | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | EuroPub, Scientific Indexing Services (SIS), Directory of Research Journals Indexing (DRJI) , Türkiye Atıf Dizini | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 04-2020 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 2 / 1 / 145–152 | DOI | – |
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| IntroductionLow back pain is a global health problem that causes impediments in people's lives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of low back pain of emergency department workers and to evaluate the risk factors with Oswestry Low Back Pain scale as the lumbar region of emergency department workers are vocationally subjected to straining movements due to heavy lifting and sudden movements.MethodThe population of the study consists of the employees working in the emergency department within the specified date range. Although there were a total of 150 people in the double center, a total of 126 people agreed to participate because some of them were on leave and some did not want to participate in the study. The sample consisted of 27 doctors, 76 nurses, 12 medical secretaries, 11 cleaning personnel and security personnel. The Oswestry Low Back Pain scale was developed to assess functional impairment. Mann Whitney-U test and Kruskal Wallis –H test were used in statistical evaluations depending on the status of being a numerical independent group, since the correlated variables were categorical (nominal or ordinal) and binary or with more variables.Results46.8% (n = 59) of the participants were female and 53.2% (n = 67) were male. When the participants were evaluated according to age groups, 3.2% (n = 4) were between 18-21 years, 49.2% (n = 62) between 22-27 years, 24.6% (n = 31) between 28-33 years, 17.5% (n = 22) ) 34-39 years old, 5.6% (n = 7) were over 40 years old. According to the sample size of our study, the annual prevalence of low back pain was 55.6% and the prevalence of lumbar … |
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