The heavy lifting is the most significant risk factor for the development of musculoskeletal injuries, specifically the lower back of nurses.
Also nursing involves a large amount of heavy lifting when repositioning or moving patients. As, a research has shown nursing to be the occupation with the highest prevalence of heavy lifting.
According to a, study found that nurses who regularly manually reposition, transfer, or lift their patients are more at risk from LBP than nurses who do not carry out these duties.
There are the cases of 25% of nurses experience poor sleep due to fatigue, psychosocial stress, perceived exhaustion, musculoskeletal pain, insufficient sleep has significantly contributed to an increased risk of LBP in healthcare workers.
The equipment and resources available to nurses affect the epidemiology of LBP.
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