Awareness regarding knowledge and practices of ergonomics in nursing staff of government hospital in Karad Taluka
International Journal of Development Research
Awareness regarding knowledge and practices of ergonomics in nursing staff of government hospital in Karad Taluka
Received 19th July, 2020; Received in revised form 08th August, 2020; Accepted 26th September, 2020; Published online 24th October, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Jasleen Kaur Sohal and Dr. Pranjali Gosavi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders are more common in nursing staff due to increase in the workload and due to advancement in the field of health care delivery system. This study aimed at finding out the knowledge and practise regarding ergonomics in nursing staff of government hospital of Karad taluka. Methods: It was an observational study on 96 nursing staff working in government hospital of Karad in 2019, selected by random sampling. Data was collected by Ergonomics Questionnaire, which consisted of 21 questions. The F value was obtained as 165.64 and the P value was <0.0001. Results: Of all the subjects surveyed, 76% subjects had experience between 1 to 11 years, 98.95% of the nursing staff had awareness regarding knowledge and practices of ergonomics, and there was a positive correlation between age and years of nursing profession experience with the awareness regarding knowledge and practices of ergonomics(p<0.0001). Conclusion: A proper knowledge regarding ergonomics is important to avoid the development of musculoskeletal disorders, taking stretch breaks in between long working hours can provide a healthier working environment for nursing staff and maximize human resource efficiency.
