A Study to evaluate the effectiveness of planned nursing intervention on exercise and body mechanism to reduce musculo skeletal disorders among nurses in selected hospitals at Salem

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders represent a significant occupational problem among nurses, however, data on musculoskeletal health of nurses. This study sought to determine the life time, 12 month period and point prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders, the associated job risk factors and the coping strategies towards reducing the risk among nurses from selected hospital in Salem, Tamilnadu. OBJECTIVES: 1. To prepare and validate the exercise and body mechanism to reduce musculoskeletal disorders among nurses with in experimental group. 2. To assess and compare the mean pretest and mean post test score on musculoskeletal disorder among the nurses between control group and experimental group. 3. To assess and compare the mean pretest and mean posttest score on musculoskeletal disorder among the nurses within experimental group. 4. To assess the maintenance of body mechanism among the nurses between control group and experimental group. 5. To find association between the pretest score on musculoskeletal disorder among the nurses of experimental group with their selected demographic variable. (BMI, total year of experience in nursing service, present work place). METHOD: A quasi experimental pretest and posttest with control group and experimental group design was used. The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of exercise and body mechanism to reduces musculoskeletal disorders among nurses. The study was conducted in Shanmuga Hospital. Research got permission from concerned authority to obtain consent from each samples. The samples size was 30, 15 in control group, 15 in experimental group and they were selected by purposive sampling technique. Musculoskeletal disorders was assessed by the tool visual analogue pain rating scale to assess the intensity of musculoskeletal pain among nurses, Likert’s three point rating scale to assess the body mechanism among nurses. Intervention was demonstrated to experimental group instructed to follow till 30th day. The post test assessment was conducted on 30th day. RESULT: The findings shows that there is significant difference between post test score of MSDs among control group and experimental group nurses. There is significant association between post test score of MSDs among nurses with in experimental group. There is significant association between pre test score on musculoskeletal disorders among the nurses of experimental group with their present work place P < 0.05 level. CONCLUSION: Both exercise and body mechanism was found to be effective in reducing musculoskeletal disorders level among nurses