Abstract
Background
Harsh working conditions lead nurses to experience musculoskeletal discomfort and
impair their professional quality of life.
Aims
The aim was to determine musculoskeletal discomfort of nurses and to compare its relationship
with their professional quality of life in terms of their socio-demographic characteristics.
Design
It is a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlative study.
Settings
Different units of a public hospital.
Participants
333 nurses working at different units.
Methods
The data were collected from 333 nurses working at different units in a public hospital
between July and December 2018. The data collection tools include an 8-question participant
information form, Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire, and Professional
Quality of Life Scale.
Results
The nurses suffered mostly from lower back pain (90.4%) and their pain slightly interfered
with their works (49.8%). There was a weak positive but significant correlation between
musculoskeletal discomfort and professional quality of life of the nurses (r = 0.215;
p < .001). The nurses, who were younger, were male, were working in executive positions,
had less institutional and professional experience, and had higher mean score of musculoskeletal
discomfort (p < .05).
Conclusions
The professional quality of life of the nurses experiencing musculoskeletal discomfort
in their bodies was negatively affected. For example, as the musculoskeletal disorders
increase, the levels of burnout and compassion fatigue, which constitute the quality
of life, also increase.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 23, 2021
Accepted:
March 18,
2021
Received in revised form:
February 21,
2021
Received:
September 19,
2020
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