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Study of effectiveness and reliability of education on ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints in patient-carrier personnel of Shahid Bahonar Hospital of Kerman
 
Eskandari nasab N¹ (Msc), Mirmohammadi SJ² (MD), Mehrparvar AH³ (MD), Fallah H⁴ (PhD)
 

1. MSc Ergonomics, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, Shahid Bahonar Hospital, University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
2. Professor, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd,Iran.
3. Professor, Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences,Yazd,Iran.
4. PhD Student, Department of Ergonomics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

 
Abstract
Introduction: Lack of awareness of the principles and rules of ergonomics, inappropriate postures and frequent displacement of patients and loads can cause musculoskeletal disorders in medical personnel. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of in-person training and social network education on the ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal of patient carrier personnel in the   Shahid Bahonar Hospital of Kerman.
Method: This study is an applied and quasi-experimental study. That was performed on 60 participants in Shahid Bahonar Hospital kerman. The participants were randomly divided into two groups of 30. The first group was trained via in-person training method combined with practical work and questionings and the second group was trained via social networks. The data were collected through a self-made questionnaire measuring awareness, Nordic questionnaire along with the scale of the investment rate and the numerical checklist patient transfer assessment index (PTAI) was collected before training for one week, one month and six months after training. For analyzing the data, SPSS software version 24 was used.
Results: Low back pain is more prevalent among sick carriers than other musculoskeletal disorders. There was a significant difference between the knowledge and PTAI scores in both methods before and six months after training (P <0.05). Also, comparing neck (P = 0.014), shoulder (P = 0.006), waist (P = 0.00), knee (P = 0.006), and foot (P = 0.016) complaints in training method There was a significant difference before and six months after training. There was no significant difference in musculoskeletal complaints at the end of six months in education via social media.
Conclusion: According to the results, it seems that both in-person and via social media training had an impact on reducing ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints. And the effect of in-person training was significantly greater than that of via social media training. In addition, the reliability of the training effect was significant only In-person training
Keywords: Transfer of the Patient, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Ergonomic Risk Factor
 

This paper should be cited as: Eskandari nasab N, Mirmohammadi SJ, Mehrparvar AH, Fallah H. Study of effectiveness and reliability of education on ergonomic risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints in patient-carrier personnel of Shahid Bahonar Hospital of Kerman. Occupational Medicine Quarterly Journal 2018; 10(4):23-30.

 
 
 

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Received: 09.04.2018                     Accepted: 07.07.2018