LOW BACK PAIN

LEVEL OF DISABILITY IN NURSES

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the level of disability in nurses with low back pain.
Background: Pain is unpleasant expressive condition which is felt in the brain and arises in a
part of the body. In spite of, this term is a subjective sensation. In health care workers LBP is
the major cause of morbidity. Nurses are more prone to vulnerable Low Back Pain in the health
care services. Study Design: Descriptive Cross Sectional. Setting: Data was collected from
273 nurses from different hospitals of Lahore Pakistan like Jinnah hospital, Children hospital,
Mayo hospital, Sheikh Zaid hospital, General hospital, Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Services
Hospital, Ch. Akram Hospital. Period: 06 months. Methodology: Oswestry Disability Index
questionnaire was used for data collection. Descriptive statistic was used for the analysis of
the data which paying attention through frequency tables. Results: The total mean score of
Oswestry scale of disability was 10.81±( SD=11.028).Total mean age 29.11±( SD=6.001).
Level of disability was found highest in lifting due to backache in nurses with mean score was
2.42+1.60. Conclusion: Level of disability in nurses with low back pain was found to be in mild
state. The highest level of disability was found in lifting due to low back pain in nurses.