Musculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff: a comparison of five hospitals in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorMunabi, Ian G.
dc.contributor.authorBuwembo, William
dc.contributor.authorKitara, David L.
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorNabirye, Rose C.
dc.contributor.authorMwaka, Erisa S.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T12:54:40Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T12:54:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Low and middle income countries have severe nursing staff shortages which is associated with risk of poor quality of patient care and increased patient exposure to adverse events. This is accompanied with increased risk of musculoskeletal disorders to the nursing staff. This paper sets out to identify and compare factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff in 5 different hospitals in Uganda. Methods: This was a cross sectional study on nurses from 5 different hospitals in Uganda. The study used a 12 month recall of reported Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among nurses. Ethical approval was obtained. Logistic regression analysis and ANOVA were used. The level of significance was set at 0.05 for all statistical tests. Results: There were 755 respondents of whom 433 (58.4%) were nurses. The prevalence of MSD at anybody site was 80.8%. There were significant differences in reported MSD among nursing staff across different hospital settings which were worse in the public hospitals as compared to the private and private not for profit hospitals (p <0.001). Age (adjusted OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01- 1.06), self reported poor general health status (adj OR 4.5, 95% CI 2.8-7.24) and stress as suggested by waking up tired in the morning (adj OR 3.4, 95% CI 2.17-5.32) were significant associated factors for MSD in this population. Conclusion: Reported MSD among nursing staff across 5 different hospitals is worse in public as compared to private hospitals. Age, self reported poor general health status and stress were important factors for MSD in this population.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMunabi, I. G., Buwembo, W., Kitara, D. L., Ochieng, J., Nabirye, R. C., & Mwaka, E. S. (2014). Musculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff: a comparison of five hospitals in Uganda. The Pan African Medical Journal, 17.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085942/
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6308
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Pan African Medical Journalen_US
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal disordersen_US
dc.subjectnursing staffen_US
dc.titleMusculoskeletal disorders among nursing staff: a comparison of five hospitals in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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