Knowledge and Application of Body Mechanics: Nurses of a Hospital in Ecuador
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Gladys Magdalena Naranjo Chávez
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Rojas-González, Liliana Raquel
[2]
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Olalla-Garcia, María Humbelina
[1]
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[1] Universidad Estatal de Bolívar
Universidad Estatal de Bolívar
Guaranda, Ecuador
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[2] Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo,
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- Localización: Polo del Conocimiento: Revista científico - profesional, ISSN-e 2550-682X, Vol. 6, Nº. 7, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: JULIO), págs. 295-312
- Idioma: español
- Títulos paralelos:
- Conocimiento y Aplicación de la Mecánica Corporal: Enfermeras de un hospital de Ecuador
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Resumen
- español
Nursing is a profession that within its role should have knowledge and applicability of body mechanics in patient care, Ecuador maintains high statistics of musculoskeletal symptomatology related to the limited knowledge and applicability of body mechanics. The objective of this article is to analyze the application of the principles of body mechanics during the work performed by the nursing staff of the Alfredo Noboa Montenegro Hospital in the province of Bolivar Guaranda-Ecuador, a non-experimental, descriptive and correlational study. Population of 124 people, census sample, with three instruments for data collection: survey, questionnaire and observation guide. (1) Survey: collects information on social characteristics (age, sex, level of academic training, number of working hours, work shifts, length of service and service in which they work); (2) Questionnaire: collects knowledge on PMC; and (3) Observation guide: evaluates the application of these principles during work. The mean age was 42.20 ± 9.33 years (24-64 years), the predominant sex was female (91.94%), 69.35% were nurses and 30.65% were auxiliary nurses. The 33.72% completed a master's degree or specialization; 71.77% work 40 hours per week and 89.52% work rotating shifts, the work seniority was 14.75 ± 7.66 (1-59 years) and moonlighting was 8.06%. The 78.23% showed deficient knowledge but higher in the assistants, with no significant difference. Ergonomic risk was high (77.42%), even significantly higher for nurses (p<0.001). There was a significant association between ergonomic knowledge and risk, the greater the lack of knowledge of the principles, the greater the ergonomic risk (P <0.01). Conclusion: it is necessary to intervene in this personnel, to raise awareness and use of the BMP and to reduce ergonomic risk during work.
- English
Nursing is a profession that within its role should have knowledge and applicability of body mechanics in patient care, Ecuador maintains high statistics of musculoskeletal symptomatology related to the limited knowledge and applicability of body mechanics. The objective of this article is to analyze the application of the principles of body mechanics during the work performed by the nursing staff of the Alfredo Noboa Montenegro Hospital in the province of Bolivar GuarandaEcuador, a non-experimental, descriptive and correlational study. Population of 124 people, census sample, with three instruments for data collection: survey, questionnaire and observation guide.
(1) Survey: collects information on social characteristics (age, sex, level of academic training, number of working hours, work shifts, length of service and service in which they work); (2) Questionnaire: collects knowledge on PMC; and (3) Observation guide: evaluates the application of these principles during work. The mean age was 42.20 ± 9.33 years (24-64 years), the predominant sex was female (91.94%), 69.35% were nurses and 30.65% were auxiliary nurses.
The 33.72% completed a master's degree or specialization; 71.77% work 40 hours per week and 89.52% work rotating shifts, the work seniority was 14.75 ± 7.66 (1-59 years) and moonlighting was 8.06%. The 78.23% showed deficient knowledge but higher in the assistants, with no significant difference. Ergonomic risk was high (77.42%), even significantly higher for nurses (p<0.001). There was a significant association between ergonomic knowledge and risk, the greater the lack of knowledge of the principles, the greater the ergonomic risk (P <0.01). Conclusion: it is necessary to intervene in this personnel, to raise awareness and use of the BMP and to reduce ergonomic risk during work.
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