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Daftari A, Bagherzadeh R, Ziaei M, Vahedparast H. Association between musculoskeletal disorders and sleep disorders among nursing staff. IJRN 2025; 11 (2) : 3
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Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Salmanefarsi Blvd, Bushehr, Iran h.vahedparast@bpums.ac.ir
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Introduction: Nurses are the largest workforce of all healthcare professions. The nature of the work environment and the variety of responsibilities and duties have made nursing a dangerous job that can cause many problems, including musculoskeletal and sleep disorders. Recognizing the relationship between these disorders can be a step toward designing educational and treatment programs. This research aim is to investigate the correlation between Musculoskeletal Disorders and sleep disorders among nurses.
Methods: This cross-sectional correlation study involved all nurses employed in two selected hospitals in Bushehr in 2022. A total of 190 nurses were selected using a census method. The data collection tools were Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman's correlation test at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the mean age of nurses (32.27±6.30) years/old. The highest frequency of musculoskeletal disorders was related to the neck (56.8%). The majority (72.3%) of nurses complained of sleep disorders. There were no significant statistics of a relationship between sleep score and pain in three trunk organs (P=0.620), upper limb group (P=0.479), and lower limb group (P=0.365).
Conclusion: The lack of association between these two variables suggests that musculoskeletal disorders alone are not a risk factor for sleep disorders among nurses, and other factors may play a role in the development of sleep disorders. Therefore, qualitative research is recommended to understand other unknown aspects of this topic better to make informed, evidence-based decisions and interventions to improve nurses' health.
Methods: This cross-sectional correlation study involved all nurses employed in two selected hospitals in Bushehr in 2022. A total of 190 nurses were selected using a census method. The data collection tools were Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman's correlation test at a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The results showed that the mean age of nurses (32.27±6.30) years/old. The highest frequency of musculoskeletal disorders was related to the neck (56.8%). The majority (72.3%) of nurses complained of sleep disorders. There were no significant statistics of a relationship between sleep score and pain in three trunk organs (P=0.620), upper limb group (P=0.479), and lower limb group (P=0.365).
Conclusion: The lack of association between these two variables suggests that musculoskeletal disorders alone are not a risk factor for sleep disorders among nurses, and other factors may play a role in the development of sleep disorders. Therefore, qualitative research is recommended to understand other unknown aspects of this topic better to make informed, evidence-based decisions and interventions to improve nurses' health.
Article number: 3
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Rehabilitation Nursing
Received: 2023/08/22 | Accepted: 2024/07/6 | Published: 2025/03/2
Received: 2023/08/22 | Accepted: 2024/07/6 | Published: 2025/03/2
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