The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorder among health care workers in Damascus, Syria. A cross-sectional study.
Hanaa ZahrawiSaja Hasan Al AsaadAhmad Nabil Al HouriSaeed A KadriFares KahalAndré TorbeyHasan Nabil Al HouriAmeena OdehNour AlshallahGhaith DughaLama Ayad Al AdalSara Maa AlbaredFatma Khaled BattahOmran Alsakka Dit AkkadShahad Alhattab AlhasanAws ZawdaMayssoun KudsiPublished in: Health science reports (2024)
WRMSD prevalence was 85% among our study participants in the previous year. The most common complaint was lower back pain. Aging, female gender, and increasing BMI have been associated with higher reporting of WRMSDs. Our results suggested that doctors were twice as susceptible to developing WRMSDs as nurses. These results highlight the increasing urgency for ergonomics training programs and effective interventions to reduce WRMSDs and enhance working conditions for healthcare professionals in Syria.