Determination of Physical Activity Levels and Musculoskeletal Disorders of Nursing Students Studying at a University in İstanbul during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Year 2023, , 70 - 77, 31.03.2023

Didem Kandemir Tuğba Özdemir , Sebahat Ateş

https://doi.org/10.31125/hunhemsire.1273101

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out to examine the physical activity levels, musculoskeletal disorders, and the relationship between them in nursing students who received distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material and Methods: This descriptive and correlational study was conducted with 217 students between February and May 2021. Data were collected electronically with the “Individual Characteristics Form”, “Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire” and “International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form”. The data were analyzed with the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis Test, Spearman Correlation Test, and descriptive statistics. The significance level was accepted as 0.05.
Results: The median score of students' International Physical Activity Questionnaire was 933.0; the median score of students' Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire was 4.50. It was found that male students had a significantly higher IPAQ-high-intensity physical activity level than female students and students studying in the first year compared to students studying in the second year (p<0.05). It was also determined that the median score of female students' Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorders Questionnaire was significantly higher than male students (p<0.05). There was no significant relationship between students’ physical activity level and musculoskeletal disorders (p>0.05).
Conclusion: This study has indicated that students were minimally active during the pandemic, they did not experience a common musculoskeletal disorder and female students had more musculoskeletal disorders than male students.

Keywords

Immobilization, musculoskeletal diseases, nursing, pandemics

COVID-19 Pandemi Sürecinde İstanbul’da Bir Üniversitede Öğrenim Gören Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeylerinin ve Kas-İskelet Sistemi Rahatsızlıklarının Belirlenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, COVID-19 pandemi sürecinde uzaktan öğretim gören hemşirelik öğrencilerinin fiziksel aktivite düzeylerini, kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıklarını ve aralarındaki ilişkiyi incelemek amacıyla gerçekleştirildi.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tipteki bu çalışma, Şubat-Mayıs 2021 tarihleri arasında 217 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirildi. Veriler, elektronik ortamda “Bireysel Özellikler Formu”, “Cornell Kas İskelet Sistemi Rahatsızlıkları Anketi” ve “Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi (IPAQ) kısa formu” ile toplandı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde, tanımlayıcı istatistiksel yöntemlerin yanı sıra Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis Test ve Spearman Korelasyon Testi kullanıldı. Anlamlılık düzeyi 0.05 kabul edildi.
Bulgular: Öğrencilerin Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi medyan değerinin 933.0; Cornell Kas İskelet Sistemi Rahatsızlıkları Anketi medyan değerinin ise 4.50 olduğu saptandı. Erkek öğrencilerin kadın öğrencilere göre ve 1. sınıfta öğrenim gören öğrencilerin 2. sınıfta öğrenim gören öğrencilere göre IPAQ-yüksek şiddetli fiziksel aktivite düzeyinin anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksek olduğu bulundu (p<0.05). Kadın öğrencilerin Cornell Kas İskelet Sistemi Rahatsızlıkları Anketi medyan değerinin erkek öğrencilere göre anlamlı düzeyde daha yüksek olduğu belirlendi (p<0.05). Öğrencilerin fiziksel aktivite düzeyi ile kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıkları arasında anlamlı bir ilişkinin olmadığı görüldü (p>0.05).
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, öğrencilerin pandemi sürecinde minimal düzeyde aktif olduğunu; yaygın bir kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlığı yaşamadığını; kadın öğrencilerin erkek öğrencilere göre daha çok kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıklarının olduğunu gösterdi.

Keywords

Hareketsizlik, hemşirelik, kas-iskelet hastalıkları, pandemik

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