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Ergonomic Injuries in Endoscopists and Their Risk Factors

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العنوان: Ergonomic Injuries in Endoscopists and Their Risk Factors
المؤلفون: Lubna Kamani, Hamid Kalwar
المصدر: Clinical Endoscopy, Vol 54, Iss 3, Pp 356-362 (2021)
بيانات النشر: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Internal medicine
LCC:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
مصطلحات موضوعية: endoscopy, ergonomics, health-care providers, musculoskeletal injury, occupational performance, Internal medicine, RC31-1245, Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology, RC799-869
الوصف: Background/Aims Prolonged repetitive strain caused by the continuous performance of complex endoscopic procedures enhances the risk of ergonomic injuries among health-care providers (HCPs), specifically endoscopists. This study aimed to assess the risk factors of ergonomic injuries among endoscopists and non-endoscopists. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Gastroenterology Department of Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 92 HCPs were enrolled, of whom 61 were involved in endoscopic procedures and 31 were non-endoscopists. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire during national gastroenterology conferences and analyzed using SPSS version 22 (IBM Corp. Chicago, IL, USA). Results Of the total study population, 95.08% of endoscopists were observed to have ergonomic injuries, whereas only 54.83% of non-endoscopists had ergonomic injuries (p5 or
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2234-2400
2234-2443
Relation: http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2020-200.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2234-2400; https://doaj.org/toc/2234-2443
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2020.200
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/7a0b024b0f0c4ac69faca9e001190299
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.7a0b024b0f0c4ac69faca9e001190299
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:22342400
22342443
DOI:10.5946/ce.2020.200