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LOW BACK PAIN AMONG REGISTERED NURSES IN SURGICAL UNIT AT RAJA PEREMPUAN ZAINAB (RPZ) II HOSPITAL, KOTA BHARU, KELANTAN

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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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Series Title

The Malaysian Journal of Nursing, July 2018 Vol. 10 Issue 1

Call Number

(05) 610.5 LIN t

Publisher

Malaysia : Lincoln University College., 2018

Collation

Hlm. 35-41

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

2231-7007

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(05) 610.5 LIN t

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Edition

Vol. 10 Issue 1

Subject(s)

Nursing
Low Back Pain
Emotional and Social Problems

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