INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKING POSTURES OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTERS AND HOSPITALS WITH PAIN, BODY AWARENESS LEVEL, CHRONIC FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION

Year 2024, , 813 - 828, 21.10.2024

Dilan Demirtaş Karaoba , Burcu Talu

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1463174

Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between physiotherapists' working posture and pain, body awareness level, chronic fatigue, and depression levels and to determine whether these parameters depend on the institution where they work. 93 randomly selected physiotherapists between the ages of 24-52 were divided into two groups according to their institutions: Rehabilitation centers/hospitals. Working posture was evaluated with the Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS), pain was evaluated with the Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ-E) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), body awareness level was evaluated with the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ), chronic fatigue was evaluated with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Self Assessment Form (CFS), depression level was evaluated with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). A relationship was found between OWAS-leg posture and NMQ-E-ankle pain (r=-0.238), between OWAS-back posture-arm posture-action class and VAS (r1=0.25; r2=-0.27; r3=0.23), and between OWAS-back posture-action class and BDI (r1=0.25; r2=0.26) (p<0.05). However, a significant difference was found only between the OWAS-back posture-action class and BDI results of physiotherapists working in different fields (p<0.05). It was observed that the working posture of physiotherapists affected the level of pain and depression and that physiotherapists working in rehabilitation centers had higher levels of depression and used more challenging back postures.

Keywords

Hospital, Pain, Physiotherapist, Posture, Rehabilitation centers

Özel Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezleri ile Hastanelerde Çalışan Fizyoterapistlerin Çalışma Postürlerinin Ağrı, Vücut Farkındalık Düzeyi, Kronik Yorgunluk ve Depresyon ile İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada amaç fizyoterapistlerin çalışma postürü ile ağrı, vücut farkındalık düzeyi, kronik yorgunluk ve depresyon düzeyi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi ve bu parametrelerin çalışılan kuruma bağlı olup olmadığını belirlemektir. 24-52 yaş arası randomize seçilen 93 fizyoterapist kurumlarına göre Rehabilitasyon merkezleri/hastane olmak üzere iki gruba ayrıldı. Çalışma postürü Ovako Çalışma Postürü Analiz Sistemi (OWAS), ağrı genişletilmiş NORDİC kas iskelet sistemi anketi (NMQ-E) ve Vizüel Analog Skala (VAS), vücut farkındalık düzeyi Vücut Farkındalık Anketi (BAQ), kronik yorgunluk Kronik Yorgunluk Sendromu Öz Değerlendirme Formu (CFS), depresyon düzeyi Beck Depresyon Envanteri (BDI) ile değerlendirildi. OWAS-bacak postürü ile NMQ-E-ayak bileği ağrısı (r=-0.238) arasında, OWAS-sırt postürü-kol postürü-eylem sınıfı ile VAS (r1=0.25; r2=-0.27; r3=0.23) arasında ve OWAS-sırt postürü-eylem sınıfı ile BDI (r1=0.25; r2=0.26) arasında ilişki bulundu (p<0.05). Bununla birlikte farklı alanlarda çalışan fizoterapistlerin sadece OWAS-sırt postürü-eylem sınıfı ve BDI sonuçları arasında anlamlı fark olduğu bulundu (p<0.05). Fizyoterapistlerde çalışma postürünün ağrı ve depresyon düzeyini etkilediği; rehabilitasyon merkezlerinde çalışan fizyoterapistlerin depresyon düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu ve daha zorlayıcı sırt postürlerini kullandığı görüldü.

Keywords

Ağrı, Fizyoterapist, Hastane, Postür, Rehabilitasyon merkezleri

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