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Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Low back pain is a common occupational health issue especially among nurses that leads to suffering, disability and days of work lost that affect the continuity and quality of patients care. This study aims to determine prevalence of low back pain among registered nurse at Surgical Unit in RPZ II Ho...

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Main Authors: Norhaizan Jann,, Chan , Siok Gim
Format: Article
Published: Lincoln University College, Asia Pacific Higher Learning Sdn Bhd 2018
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LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
RT Nursing
Online Access:https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjn/article/view/lowbackpain
http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1272/
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spelling my.oum.12722020-11-30T04:57:13Z Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan Norhaizan Jann, Chan , Siok Gim LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education RT Nursing Low back pain is a common occupational health issue especially among nurses that leads to suffering, disability and days of work lost that affect the continuity and quality of patients care. This study aims to determine prevalence of low back pain among registered nurse at Surgical Unit in RPZ II Hospital and identify the associated factors. It is a cross-sectional study that used a self-administered questionnaire to collect the data among a convenience sample of 60 nurses. Data was analyzed using Pearson Chi-Square. Majority of them were aged 31 to 40 years (53.3%), Malays (91.5%), married (84.6%), had working experience from 11 to 15 years (50.8%), had formal manual handling training (64.9%) and are overweight(58.3%). The prevalence of low back pain was 63.8%. The study revealed statistical significance for race (p=0.002), number of patients they have to handle (p=0.005), satisfaction with working environment (p=0.007) and emotional and social problems (p=0.007, p=0.038, respectively) Lincoln University College, Asia Pacific Higher Learning Sdn Bhd 2018 Article PeerReviewed https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjn/article/view/lowbackpain Norhaizan Jann, and Chan , Siok Gim (2018) Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The Malaysian Journal of Nursing, 10 (1). pp. 35-41. ISSN 2462-246X http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1272/
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topic LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
RT Nursing
spellingShingle LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
RT Nursing
Norhaizan Jann,
Chan , Siok Gim
Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
description Low back pain is a common occupational health issue especially among nurses that leads to suffering, disability and days of work lost that affect the continuity and quality of patients care. This study aims to determine prevalence of low back pain among registered nurse at Surgical Unit in RPZ II Hospital and identify the associated factors. It is a cross-sectional study that used a self-administered questionnaire to collect the data among a convenience sample of 60 nurses. Data was analyzed using Pearson Chi-Square. Majority of them were aged 31 to 40 years (53.3%), Malays (91.5%), married (84.6%), had working experience from 11 to 15 years (50.8%), had formal manual handling training (64.9%) and are overweight(58.3%). The prevalence of low back pain was 63.8%. The study revealed statistical significance for race (p=0.002), number of patients they have to handle (p=0.005), satisfaction with working environment (p=0.007) and emotional and social problems (p=0.007, p=0.038, respectively)
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author Norhaizan Jann,
Chan , Siok Gim
author_facet Norhaizan Jann,
Chan , Siok Gim
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title Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_short Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_full Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_fullStr Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed Low Back Pain Among Registered Nurses In Surgical Unit At Raja Perempuan Zainab (RPZ) Ii Hospital, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
title_sort low back pain among registered nurses in surgical unit at raja perempuan zainab (rpz) ii hospital, kota bharu, kelantan
publisher Lincoln University College, Asia Pacific Higher Learning Sdn Bhd
publishDate 2018
url https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjn/article/view/lowbackpain
http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1272/
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