Investigation on prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal injury among nursing staff of old-age welfare

Objective To investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of chronic musculoskeletal injury (CMI) among nursing staff of old-age welfare in Urumqi city, to find out the awareness and implementation of preventive measures for chronic musculoskeletal injury, and the demand on new life support technology. Methods This study looked after chronic musculoskeletal injury situation questionnaire, in April 2015 form 1st to 30th in urumqi 8 nursing work of old-age nursing staff to carry out the questionnaire. Results A total of the 200 old-age nursing staff, the effective response rate of 183 (91.5%). Old-age nursing researchers report in the past week have the CMI hair author 169 people (92.3%). Occurrence of CMI in gender, educational background, whether on the thought of leaving post was statistically different (χ2=8.36,16.14,14.05, P<0.05). Higher occurrence of CMI was found in the nursing process of showering and washing hair [81.4% (149/183)], transition between wheelchair and bed [63.9% (117/183)], and changing body position in bed [61.2% (112/183)]. The most common site of CMI occurrence were namely back [84.7% (155/183)], shoulder [54.1% (99/183)], lower limbs [35.0% (64/183)] and upper limbs [30.1% (55/183)].Only 31 (16.9%) knew new life support technology which can prevent and reduce CMI. 178(97.3%) reported having needs to use new life support technology, and 179 (97.8%) were willing to participate in relevant technology. Conclusions Prevalence of CMI among nursing staff of old-age welfare in Urumqi region was high. It was related to many factors. Most of nursing staff have needs on life support techniques. Measures should be taken to prevent and reduce the occurrence of CMI among nursing staff of old-age welfare to improve work efficiency. Key words: Nursing staff of old-age welfare; Chronic musculoskeletal injury; Awareness of preventive measures; Life support technology