| Keywords |
Nurse ; Low back pain (LBP) |
| Abstract |
This study is performed to establish a study guideline about low back pain of nurses in future through organized consideration of studies about nurses’ LBP. Searching with the keyword ‘nurse’ or ‘low back pain’, we selected 26 studies, and on criteria of analysis, each item have over 0.75 in content validity index. Mainly, subject was nurse in hospital (22 studies) and theme of study was risk factors of LBP (17studies). Study design of 14 studies was correlation study, and 16 studies used parametic statistics for analysis method. In definition of LBP, studies mainly surveyed self-reported symptoms, and discontinuous scale used in 17 studies. 7 studies measured rate of current LBP experiences and 6 studies reported 60% of LBP appeal. In their 20s, and unmarried are more likely to have LBP. Among vairables of LBP, ‘type of unit’ (in 18 studies) and ‘duration of employment’ (in 18) are mainly used in work organization, and ‘jab satisfaction’ (in 8) and ‘job stress’ (in 5) are most in psychosocial factor. ‘Exercise’ (in 7) and ‘learning experience of LBP prevention and application of body mechanics’ (in 7) are used in personal factor, and in physical workload, ‘lifting something too heavy’ (in 9) and ‘keep standing during their work’ (in 8) occupied great part. There are 4 studies which applied intervention programs. They applied body mechanics, exercise program to protect vertebra, LBP preventing exercise on lifestyle interventions (in 2) and did tuna treatment, Sinapis semen fingerpressure therapy on rehabilitative intervention (in 2). |