Work-related musculoskeletal disorders:: A survey of physical therapists in Izmir-Turkey -: art. no. 27
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders:: A survey of physical therapists in Izmir-Turkey -: art. no. 27
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2474-5-27
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发表时间：
2004-08-18
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Özcan, A
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作者：
Salik, Y;Özcan, A
背景：本研究计划收集土耳其伊兹密尔雇用的物理治疗师报告的有关工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病的原因、患病率和反应的数据。方法：采用包含封闭式问题的两页调查作为数据收集方法。这项调查分发给了在土耳其伊兹密尔工作的 205 名物理治疗师，并有 120 名物理治疗师进行了回答。问题包括物理治疗师的职业史和肌肉骨骼症状、特殊领域、任务、与工作相关的风险因素、伤害预防策略以及对伤害的反应。结果：85% 的物理治疗师一生中遭受过一次或多次肌肉骨骼损伤。受伤主要发生在腰部（26%）、手腕（18%）、肩部（14%）和颈部（12%）。造成伤害的最高风险因素是转移患者，占 15%。 69% 的物理治疗师因受伤而去看医生，67% 的受访者表示他们没有因受伤而限制与患者的接触时间。 结论：根据这项研究的结果，土耳其伊兹密尔的物理治疗师由于其职业原因，肌肉骨骼疾病的比例很高。受访者认为需要改变工作习惯才能降低再次受伤的风险。
Background: This study was planned to collect data about causes, prevalence and responses to work-related musculoskeletal disorders reported by physiotherapists employed in Izmir, Turkey.Method: A two-page survey with closed ended questions was used as the data collected method. This survey was distributed to 205 physiotherapists working in Izmir, Turkey, and 120 physiotherapists answered. Questions included occupational history of physiotherapists and musculoskeletal symptoms, special areas, tasks, job-related risk factors, injury prevention strategies, and responses to injury.Results: Eighty-five percent of the physiotherapists have had a musculoskeletal injury once or more in their lifetime. Injuries have been occurred mostly in low back (26%), hand-wrist (18%), shoulders (14%) and neck (12%). The highest risk factor in causing the injury was transferring the patient at 15%. Sixty-nine percent of physiotherapists visited a physician for their injury and sixty-seven percent of the respondents indicated that they had not limited their patient contact time as a result to their injury.Conclusions: According to the results of this study, the rate of musculoskeletal disorders in physiotherapists in Izmir-Turkey has been found to be high due to their profession. Respondents felt that a change in work habits was required in order to decrease the risk of another injury.