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Volume 7, Issue 7 (Suppl)

J Obes Weight Loss Ther, an open access journal

ISSN:2165-7904

Obesity & Fitness Expo 2017

November 13-15, 2017

November 13-15, 2017 | Atlanta, USA

World Fitness Expo

International Conference and Exhibition on

Obesity & Weight Management

Epidemiology of low back pain among nurses working in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mengestie Mulugeta Belay

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Background:

Low back pain (LBP) related to Nursing Profession, is a very common public health problem throughout the world.

Various risk factors have been implicated in the etiology and LBP is assumed to be of multi-factorial origin as individual, work-related

and psychosocial factors can contribute to its development.

Objectives:

To determine the prevalence and to identify risk factors of LBP among nurses working in Addis Ababa City Public

Hospitals, Ethiopia, in the year 2015.

Settings:

Addis Ababa University, Black-Lion (Tikur Anbessa) Hospital-BLH, is the country’s highest tertiary level referral and

teaching hospital. The three departments in connection with this study: Radiology, Pathology and Orthopedics, run undergraduate

and residency programs and receive referred patients from all over the country.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study with internal comparison was conducted throughout the period October-December, 2015. Sample

was chosen by simple random sampling technique by taken the lists of nurses from human resource departments as a sampling frame.

A well-structured, pre-tested and self-administered questionnaire was used to collect quantifiable information. The questionnaire

included socio-demographic, back pain features, consequences of back pain, work-related and psychosocial factors. The collected

data was entered into Epi Info version 3.5.4 and was analyzed by SPSS. A probability level of 0.05 or less and 95% confidence level was

used to indicate statistical significance. Ethical clearance was obtained from all respected administrative bodies, hospitals and study

participants.

Results:

The study included 395 nurses and gave a response rate of 91.9%. The mean age was 30.6 (±8.4) years. Majority of the

respondents were female (285, 72.2%). Nearly half of the participants (n=181, 45.8% (95% CI [40.8-50.6%])) were complained low

back pain. There were statistical significant association between low back pain and working shift, physical activities at work; sleep

disturbance and felt little pleasure by doing things.

Conclusion:

A high prevalence of low back pain was found among nurses working in Addis Ababa Public Hospitals. Recognition and

preventive measures like providing resting periods should be taken to reduce the risk of low back pain in nurses working in public

hospitals.

J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:7 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-55