Factors related to musculoskeletal pain of nurses in the hospital setting: cross-sectional study

Schultz, Carmen Cristiane; Colect, Christiane de Fátima; Treviso, Patrícia; Stumm, Eniva Miladi Fernandes

doi:10.1590/1983-1447.2022.20210108.en

Carmen Cristiane Schultz

Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Atenção Integral à Saúde. Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9989-1277

Christiane de Fátima Colect

Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Atenção Integral à Saúde. Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2023-5088

Patrícia Treviso

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5015-6797

Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm

Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUÍ), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Atenção Integral à Saúde. Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-0453

Corresponding author:
Carmen Cristiane Schultz E-mail: carmen.schultz@sou.unijui.edu.br

Associate editor:

Cecília Helena Glanzner

Editor-in-chief:

Maria da Graça Oliveira Crossetti

Authorship contribution:

Conceptualization: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Patrícia Treviso, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Data curation: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Formal analysis: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Investigation: Carmen Cristiane Schultz. Methodology: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Project administration: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Resources: Carmen Cristiane Schultz. Supervision: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Validation: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Visualization: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Writing-original draft: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Patrícia Treviso, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm. Writing-review & editing: Carmen Cristiane Schultz, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Patrícia Treviso, Eniva Miladi Fernandes Stumm.

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest

Variables		n	%
Gender	Female	70	84.3
Gender	Male	13	15.7
Age	18 to 30 years	27	32.5
	31 to 40 years	43	51.8
	41 to 50 years	13	15.7
Marital status	With partner	45	54.2
Marital status	No partner	38	45.8
Children	Yes	47	56.6
Children	No	36	43.4
How many	One	27	32.5
	Two	18	21.7
	Three	2	2.4
Training time	Less than 5 years	32	38.6
	6 to 10 years	26	31.3
	More than 10 years	25	30.1
Post-graduate	Yes	66	79.5
Post-graduate	No	17	20.5
Holds a leadership position	Yes	34	41.0
Holds a leadership position	No	49	59.0
Time acting in nursing	Less than 3 years	17	20.5
	3 to 10 years	32	38.5
	More than 10 years	34	41.0
Daily working hours	12 hours	14	16.9
	6 hours	53	63.9
	8 hours	16	19.3
Work shift	Day	55	66.3
	Night	16	19.3
	Mixed/ switch days off^*	12	14.5
Weekly workload	30 hours	3	3.6
	36 hours	68	81.9
	40/44 hours	12	14.5
Total		83	100.0

Characteristic		n	%
How nurse rate their health	Good	62	74.7
	Excellent	7	8.4
	Regular/poor	14	16.9
Practice of physical activity	Yes	32	38.6
	Sometimes	27	32.5
	No	24	28.9
Leisure time	Sufficient	29	34.9
	Little sufficient	48	57.8
	Insufficient	6	7.2
Has health problem	No	57	68.7
Has health problem	Yes	26	31.3
Uses continuous medication	No	55	66.3
	Yes, with medical prescription	26	31.3
	Yes, on its own	2	2.4
Smoke	No	80	96.4
	Yes	2	2.4
	Sometimes	1	1.2
Drinks alcoholic beverage	Sometimes	48	57.8
	No	30	36.1
	Yes	5	6.0
Left work due to health problems	No	72	86.7
Left work due to health problems	Yes	11	13.3
Uses medications	Analgesic/sedative	20	24.1
	antidepressant/anxiolytic	19	22.9
	Relaxant	5	6.0

Musculoskeletal Symptoms	PPT	PCNA	CHP	PR
Body division	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)
	29(34.9)	3(3.6)	6(7.2)	16(19.3)
	31(37.3)	4(4.8)	5(6.0)	22(26.5)
	4(4.8)	1(1.2)	-	1(1.2)
	21(25.3)	6(7.2)	7(8.4)	10(12.0)
	21(25.3)	5(6.0)	6(7.2)	12(14.5)
	10(12.0)	3(3.6)	4(4.8)	2(2.4)
	8(9.6)	1(1.2)	5(6.0)	4(4.8)
	20(24.1)	3(3.6)	4(4.8)	10(12.0)

Characteristics		Assessment of pain intensity
Characteristics		n	Ll	Ul	Q₁	Md	Q₃	p-value
Gender	Female	70	0	8	2	5	6	^*0.194
Gender	Male	13	0	7	0	3	5.5	^*0.194
Age	18 to 30 years	27	0	7	0	4	5	#0.447
	31 to 40 years	43	0	8	3	5	6
	41 to 50 years	13	0	8	0.5	3	6.5
Marital status	With partner	45	0	8	5	4	6	^*0.817
Marital status	No partner	38	0	7	2	5	6	^*0.817
Holds leadership position	Yes	34	0	8	3	4.5	6	^*0.918
Holds leadership position	No	49	0	8	0.5	5	6	^*0.918
Daily working hours	12 hours	14	0	7	2.25	5.5	6	#0.046
	6 hours	53	0	8	0.5	4	5
	8 hours	16	0	8	3.5	5.5	6
Time acting in nursing	Less than 3 years	17	0	7	1.5	4	5	#0.632
	3 to 10 years	32	0	8	2	4	6
	More than 10 years	34	0	8	1	5	6.25
Work shift	Day	55	0	8	2	5	6	#0.029
	Night	16	0	8	3	6	6
	Mixed/switch days off	12	0	6	0	1.5	4.75
Weekly workload	30/36 hours	71	0	8	1	4	6	^*0.163
Weekly workload	40/44 hours	12	0	8	3.5	5	6.75	^*0.163
Training time	Less than 5 years	32	0	7	2	4	5	#0.353
	6 to 10 years	26	0	8	1.5	4.5	6
	More than 10 years	25	0	8	1	5	6.5
Unit	Critical Units	44	0	8	0.25	4	6	#0.747
	Care Units	15	0	7	3	5	6
	Management and Administrative	24	0	8	1	5	6
Post-graduate	Yes	66	0	8	1.17	5	6	^*0.349
Post-graduate	No	17	0	7	1	4	5	^*0.349

[1] Corresponding author:
Carmen Cristiane Schultz E-mail: carmen.schultz@sou.unijui.edu.br

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