Investigating the effect of posture correction on the amount of musculoskeletal pain of patient carriers in Bahoner Hospital, Kerman

• Published in: Faṣlnāmah-i ʻilmī-i takhaṣṣuṣī-i ṭibb-i kār Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 90 - 96
• Main Authors: N, Eskandari nasab, AH, Mehrparvar, R, Soltani, M, Eskandari nasab, M, Montazeri, G, Afsharipour, E, Hajipour, N, SHahsavari, A, Hajalizadeh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science 13-03-2024
• Subjects: musculoskeletal disorders; pain; patient transfer; posture
• ISSN: 2251-7189; 2251-8274
• DOI: 10.18502/tkj.v16i1.15127

Introduction: Due to the obviousness of musculoskeletal disorders in health workers, especially patient carriers, we felt it necessary to check the amount of musculoskeletal pain in these workers by correcting the posture. 
Mateials and Methods:The study is semi-experimental. First, a demographic questionnaire, a self-made questionnaire on the level of awareness and a Nordic questionnaire along with a numerical rating scale to measure the amount of pain related to musculoskeletal disorders were completed for all participants. Then, theoretical and practical interventions were carried out in order to correct posture using occupational medicine, ergonomics, and sports specialists, and again one month and six months later, questionnaires were completed and data were collected. At the end, data analysis was done with SPSS version 24 software.
Results: Descriptive statistics show that interventions aimed at correcting posture reduce the average scores of pain for different body parts of patient carriers. And the most obvious musculoskeletal disorder is back pain.
Statistical analysis showed that comparing the average score of back pain (p=0.000), neck (p=0.014), shoulder (p=0.006), knee (p=0.006) and leg (p=0.016) in patient carriers before There is a significant difference between postural correction and six months later.
However, comparing the average pain score of elbow (p=0.18), wrist (p=0.06), back (p=0.3) and thigh (p=0.08) at the end of six months after correcting the posture, no significant difference was observed.
Conclusion: It seems that correcting the posture while carrying and moving the patient with the help of occupational medicine, ergonomics and sports specialists can reduce musculoskeletal pain in medical workers, especially patient carriers. It was also seen that correcting posture has the fastest and greatest effect on reducing back, neck, shoulder, knee and leg pain.