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International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain prevention
Volume:4 Issue: 4, Autumn 2019

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1398/09/21
  • تعداد عناوین: 6
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  • Mohammad Hossien Delshad, Fatemeh Pourhaji*, Roya Pourhaji Pages 241-242
  • Reza Maghbouli, Seyedeh Somayeh Kazemi* Pages 243-248
    Aims

    Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is an important outcome of health in different aspects of physical, mental and social dimensions. This study aimed to assess the effects of an educational program on Health- Related Quality of Life among employees HRQOL of employees working in Shariati hospital affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS).

    Method and Instrument

    This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-post design study. Participants included employees of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was 31 employees who were randomly selected from all working employees in the hospital.Selected employees were provided with two 60-minute session workshop as educational program. Data collected using demographic questionnaire and Short form of Quality of Life questionnaire (SF-36) at the begriming of the study and at 3- month follow up. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests (paired T-Test).

    Findings

    Totally 31 employees with mean age of 40 ± 9.04 were participated in the study. Comparing HRQOL dimensions of the studied participants before and after intervention indicated the improvement of dimensions as Role physical (P=0.01), Bodily pain (P= 0.04), General health (P= 0.04), Vitality (P= 0.008), Role emotional (P= 0.03), and Mental health (P= 0.003). However, there were no significantly increase in physical function and social function (P>0.05). 

    Conclusion

    Finding of this study showed the educational program could be effective for improving the employees’ HRQOL

    Keywords: Intervention Program, Health Related Quality of Life, Employees
  • Safieh Kanani* Pages 249-255
    Aims

    Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) as one of the important multifactorial health problems among school going adolescents that might be due to back pack carrying. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between backpack standards with MSDs among students.

    Method and Instrument

    This was a cross-sectional designed study. The non-probability sample consisted of 159 students from four secondary and high schools in Pars Abad city, Iran, in 2019. A combination of two Nordic and Cornell questionnaires were used to collect data. The data were about demographic charisteristics and experiencing pain or discomfort in musculoskeletal system that were obtained via the self-report.   Data analyzed by Chi-Square and Logistic Regression test using SPSS-22 software.

    Findings

    In total, 159 students with mean age of took part in the study. A significant difference was found between the neck, shoulder, upper back, lower back, forearm, and thigh pains with backpack carrying standards such as “way of carrying backpack”, “how to put the light and heavy stationery in the backpack”, and “backpack height “. the inappropriate carrying of backpack and improper placement of stationery in the backpack could cause shoulder and thigh pains was more than other MSDs respectively

    Conclusion

    This study indicates that there was a relationship between all of reviewed standards for using backpack with MSDs among school going adolescents. Thus, it is suggested to focus on increasing knowledge of adolescents and their parents to use the proper backpack.

    Keywords: Musculoskeletal Diseases, Schools, Adolescent
  • Fereshteh Amini, Fatteme Raiisi* Pages 256-262
    Aim

    Musculoskeletal pain refers to pain in the muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between factors affecting musculoskeletal pain and demographic variables of nursing and midwifery students. studying
    in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS)

    Method and Instrument

    The method of this cross-sectional study was descriptive– correlational through which 120 nursing and midwifery students of Tehran University of medical sciences aged between 18-22 years were studied. The sample was selected by simple random sampling and standard Nordic pain questionnaire was used to measure the prevalence of pain. To test the hypotheses, in addition to descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation, chi-square test was used. Data were analyzed by SPSS-25 software.

    Findings

    Totally, 120 nursing and midwifery students including 55.8% of nursing students (N=67) and 44.2% midwifery students (N=53) were studied. The results showed that nursing students more than midwifery students were suffering from at least one more musculoskeletal pain. This study showed that there is statistically significant difference between nursing and midwifery students in terms of foot pain (P <0.01) that means the rate of foot pain in nursing students was higher than midwifery students.

    Conclusion

    Findings from this study showed that there was a relationship between demographic variables, field of study and musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, nursing students might suffer from more musculoskeletal pain.

    Keywords: Musculoskeletal pain, Demographic variables, Nursing, midwifery students, field of study
  • Samaneh Norouzi, Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian*, Sedigheh Kahrizi Pages 263-269
    Aims

    This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of educational intervention on sitting posture in female student studying in high school in Izeh, Iran.

    Instruments and Methods

    Current study was performed in two schools in Izeh city of Iran. Ethical approval and informed consent was obtained from the participants. One hundred and forty six (N=146) participants from these schools were randomly allocated to an intervention (n = 73) or control group (n = 73). The intervention included two group-based sessions. The control group received usual educational. Data collection was conducted by Nordic questionnaire and a researcher– made questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software, using independent t-test and Chi-square test.

    Findings

    The mean age of participants in this study in the intervention and control groups were 16.15 ± 0.88 and 15.95 ± 0.81 years respectively. The intervention group had significant improvements compared with the control group. In intervention group significant differences were found in score of knowledge, attitude and sitting behavior before and after of intervention (P<0.05).

    Conclusions

    This study showed that educational intervention was effective in improving proper sitting and maintaining the status of the spine.

    Keywords: Musculoskeletal Disorder, Posture, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Asghar Lotfollahzadeh, Maryam Feiz Arefi, Hajar Ebadi Gurjan, Neda Razagari, Behnam Ebadi, Amin Babaei Pouya* Pages 270-276
    Aim

    Work related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common complaints among staff doing static or repetitious tasks using the upper limbs and individuals who work with computer for hours. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of MSDs among computer users in the office department of Healthcare Network of Iran.

    Method and Instruments

    This descriptive-analytic study was conducted on 105 computer users in the Healthcare Network who were selected through census sampling method in 2018. The data collecting tools included the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CMDQ) and the Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) checklist. To investigate the relationship between demographic variables and the final ROSA score, Analysis of Variance ANOVA and T-test were used.

    Findings

    Totally, 105 computer users with mean age of 38.7 ± 7.1 years and mean work experience 7.4 ± 14.7 years were assessed. Discomfort and musculoskeletal pain in the neck and hip were more common than the other parts. The results of the ROSA method showed that the final mean ROSA score was 5.38 ± 1.07. About 37.1% of the cases need just notification and 62.9% of them need ergonomic intervention. Moreover, gender and work experience had a significant effect on the final ROSA score (P<0.001).

    Conclusion

    A high prevalence of MSDs was observed in the neck and hip regions of computer users. Given the ROSA score, which was at notification area, a series of ergonomic and managerial measures are needed to improve the conditions of the workstations and reduce the prevalence of MSDs.

    Keywords: Musculoskeletal Disorders, Healthcare, Rapid office strain assessment