Low back pain among female professional care givers in Liaoning Province, China

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  • 中国遼寧省の介護職員の腰痛の実態調査
  • チュウゴクリョウネイショウ ノ カイゴショクイン ノ ヨウツウ ノ ジッタイ チョウサ

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[Purpose] This study aimed to the status of low back pain among professional care givers in China. [Method] The investigation was conducted by asking a total of 99 professional care givers working in a nursing home a public general hospital in Liaoning Province and an affiliated care center to complete a selfadministered questionnaire. Main questionnaire items included the presence or absence of low back pain, subjective health, work related stress and work engagement. On data from 95 participants who were all women, as for differences between low back pain two groups, continuous variables were compared by Mann-Whitney U-test and categorical variables were compared by theχ2 tests. [Results] The sample consisted of a large proportion of college graduates and 73.7% were regular employees. Low back pain was present in 69.5% of participants. Presence or absence of low back pain was a significant differences with age, years of experience, subjective health status, job demands and work engagement. [Conclusion] The results indicate the need for enhancing programs[Literally “curricula”] that maintain the physical and mental health of professional care givers, offering opportunities for professional care givers to participate in preventative training for low back pain, and encouraging hospital directors who act as chief executive officers to take interest in maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of professional care givers and other employees so they can implement effective measures.

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