Ergonomic Relationship during Work in Nursing Staff of Intensive Care Unit with Operating Room

Background and Objectives: High prevalence of work‑related musculoskeletal disorders, especially in jobs such as nursing which covers tasks like patients’ repositioning, has attracted great attentions from occupational healthcare experts to necessitate the knowledge of ergonomic science. Therefore, this study was performed aiming at ergonomic relationship during work in nursing staff of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with operating room. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive‑analytical study (cohort), fifty personnel of ICU staff and fifty of operating room staff were selected through a census method and were assessed using tools such as Nordic questionnaire and Rapid Entire BodyAssessment (REBA) standards in terms of body posture ergonomics. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS software and Chi‑Square test after collection. Results: The most complaints were from the operating room group (68%) and ICU staff (60%) for the lumbar musculoskeletal system. There was a significant relationship between the total REBA scores of body, legs, neck, arm, force status, load fitting with hands and static or dynamic activities in the operating room and ICU staff groups (P < 0.05). In operating room and ICU groups, most subjects obtained score 11–15 and very high‑risk level. Conclusion: Nurses working at operating room and ICU ward are subjected to high‑risk levels andoccupational injuries which is dramatically resulted from inappropriate body posture or particular conditions of their works. As a result, taking corrective actions along with planning and identifying ways will help prohibiting the prevalence of disorders in the future

Keywords:

Ergonomics , Intensive Care Unit , nursing staff , occupational injuries , operating room ward