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The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers

Cilt: 6 Sayı: 3 30 Eylül 2022
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The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers

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Objective: To contribute to the literature by investigating the frequency of low back pain in pharmacy worker and its relationship with personal, occupational and psychosocial risk factors affecting low back pain.
Method: A total of 200 individuals (124 female , 76 male) working in pharmacies participated in this study. A questionnaire consisting of four separate sections created by the evaluator was applied. In the first part of the questionnaire; age, gender, in the second part; occupational risk factors, in the third part; psychosocial risk factors, in the fourth part; the characteristic of low back pain. Occupational life, income status, workplace satisfaction and pain level of participants was evaluated with the Visual Analogue Scale.
Results: One hundred twenty-six individuals stated that they experienced low back pain. Low back pain in female was found to be 68.5% and 53.9% in male. Thirty-one people who were satisfied with their income status stated that they did not experience low back pain in 41.9%, whereas the income satisfaction of people with low back pain was 15.9%. Family history was the most effective risk factor for the presence of low back pain.
Conclusion: In order to decrease the incidence rate of low back pain, necessary regulation should be made, postural alignment, regulation of working conditions and preventive rehabilitation should be expanded.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

30 Eylül 2022

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Şubat 2022

Kabul Tarihi

18 Ağustos 2022

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2022 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Yarar, F., Bayramoğlu, S., Yağcı, N., & Şenol, H. (2022). The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(3), 513-521. https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1065121
AMA
1.Yarar F, Bayramoğlu S, Yağcı N, Şenol H. The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;6(3):513-521. doi:10.46237/amusbfd.1065121
Chicago
Yarar, Feride, Seda Bayramoğlu, Nesrin Yağcı, ve Hande Şenol. 2022. “The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers”. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (3): 513-21. https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1065121.
EndNote
Yarar F, Bayramoğlu S, Yağcı N, Şenol H (01 Eylül 2022) The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi 6 3 513–521.
IEEE
[1]F. Yarar, S. Bayramoğlu, N. Yağcı, ve H. Şenol, “The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers”, Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 6, sy 3, ss. 513–521, Eyl. 2022, doi: 10.46237/amusbfd.1065121.
ISNAD
Yarar, Feride - Bayramoğlu, Seda - Yağcı, Nesrin - Şenol, Hande. “The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers”. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi 6/3 (01 Eylül 2022): 513-521. https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1065121.
JAMA
1.Yarar F, Bayramoğlu S, Yağcı N, Şenol H. The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi. 2022;6:513–521.
MLA
Yarar, Feride, vd. “The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers”. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 6, sy 3, Eylül 2022, ss. 513-21, doi:10.46237/amusbfd.1065121.
Vancouver
1.Feride Yarar, Seda Bayramoğlu, Nesrin Yağcı, Hande Şenol. The Frequency and Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Pharmacy Workers. Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi. 01 Eylül 2022;6(3):513-21. doi:10.46237/amusbfd.1065121