Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Data Collection
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Statistical Analysis
2.4. Ethical Approval
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | |
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Gender (n; %) | |
Men | 31 (21.0) |
Women | 117 (79.0) |
Age: years (mean; SD) | 48.0 (6.1) |
Years as ORN (mean; SD) | 19.4 (8.7) |
Monthly hours as scrub nurse † (mean; SD) | 108.1 (49.4) |
Hospital network (n; %) | |
Hub | 101 (68.2) |
Spoke | 13 (8.9) |
Community | 34 (23.0) |
Surgical specialty † (n; %) | |
Soft | 34 (23.5) |
Plastic | 10 (6.9) |
Vascular | 9 (6.2) |
Neurosurgery | 8 (5.5) |
Ophthalmology | 4 (2.8) |
Otorhinolaryngology | 3 (2.1) |
Hard | 111 (76.5) |
General surgery | 42 (28.9) |
Orthopedic | 39 (26.9) |
Gynecology | 16 (11.0) |
Urology | 14 (9.7) |
Episodes of previous upper limb pain † (n; %) | |
No | 76 (51.7) |
Yes | 71 (48.3) |
Arm/shoulder | 52 (36.1) |
Multiple | 23 (16.0) |
Hand | 18 (12.5) |
Neck | 8 (5.6) |
Elbow | 7 (4.9) |
Wrist | 6 (4.2) |
Variables | DASH Score |
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Gender | −0.20 |
Age | 0.07 |
Years as scrub nurse | −0.03 |
Years as ORN | −0.01 |
Monthly hours as scrub nurse | 0.15 |
Hospital network | −0.04 |
Variables | Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders | Univariate | p-Value | Multivariate ‡ | p-Value | |||
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Yes (n = 63) | No (n = 85) | |||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
Gender | ||||||||
Men | 7 | (11.1) | 24 | (28.2) | 1 ♦ | 1 ♦ | ||
Women | 56 | (88.9) | 61 | (71.8) | 3.15 (1.26–7.87) | p = 0.01 | 5.37 (1.65–17.51) | p < 0.01 |
Age (years) | ||||||||
<50 | 37 | (58.7) | 57 | (67.1) | 1 ♦ | 1 ♦ | ||
≥50 | 26 | (41.3) | 28 | (32.9) | 1.43 (0.73–2.81) | p = 0.30 | 1.04 (0.42–2.57) | p = 0.93 |
Years as operating room nurse | ||||||||
<20 | 34 | (54.0) | 45 | (52.9) | 1 ♦ | 1 ♦ | ||
≥20 | 29 | (46.0) | 40 | (47.1) | 0.96 (0.50–1.84) | p = 0.90 | 1.10 (0.46–2.60) | p = 0.83 |
Monthly hours as scrub nurse | ||||||||
<120 | 16 | (25.4) | 42 | (49.4) | 1 ♦ | 1 ♦ | ||
≥120 | 35 | (55.6) | 35 | (41.2) | 2.63 (1.25–5.52) | p = 0.01 | 3.09 (1.33–7.19) | p < 0.01 |
Surgical specialty § | ||||||||
Soft | 11 | (17.5) | 23 | (27.1) | 1 ♦ | 1 ♦ | ||
Hard | 50 | (79.4) | 61 | (71.8) | 1.71 (0.76–3.85) | p = 0.19 | 1.05 (0.40–2.73) | p = 0.92 |
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Clari, M.; Garzaro, G.; Di Maso, M.; Donato, F.; Godono, A.; Paleologo, M.; Dimonte, V.; Pira, E. Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162844
Clari M, Garzaro G, Di Maso M, Donato F, Godono A, Paleologo M, Dimonte V, Pira E. Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(16):2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162844
Chicago/Turabian StyleClari, Marco, Giacomo Garzaro, Matteo Di Maso, Francesca Donato, Alessandro Godono, Mario Paleologo, Valerio Dimonte, and Enrico Pira. 2019. "Upper Limb Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Operating Room Nurses: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 16: 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16162844