Evaluation of work-related psychosocial and ergonomics factors in relation to low back discomfort in emergency unit nurses

This cross-sectional survey was conducted on 120 emergency unit nurses in Esfahan. Job content, ergonomics hazards and nordic questionnaire were used in that order for daily assessment of Psychosocial and Ergonomics factors and the intensity of low back discomfort. Nurses were questioned during a 5-week period, at the end of each shift work. The final results were analyzed with SPSS software18/PASW by using Spearman, Mann-Whitney and Kolmogorov-Smirnove test.

There was a significant relationship between work demand, job content, social support and intensity of low back discomfort (P value