Osteopathic awareness in nurses with lower back pain
Item
- Title
- Osteopathic awareness in nurses with lower back pain
- Author(s)
- Lawson Andrew
- Abstract
- This study revisited the numerous issues around back pain in nurses, but also looked at these issues in the light of nurse's general awareness of osteopathy. Previous study findings were confirmed such as the high incidence of back pain in nurses, and a lack of reporting of the pain. Some findings in this present study did however surprisingly contradict previous study findings. These were findings such as the association between age and back pain in nurses. Published studies have shown that there is no association, whereas this study found that the older the nurse is the more likelihood of back pain. Furthermore most published studies have found a definite link between manual handling (mainly lifting) of patients and back pain in nurses,this study found no association. Explanations for this were given. The study highlighted the fact that nurses lift patients in a way which that know is hazardous to health, and that present regulations on manual handling of patients are preventing back injuries. It was suggested that occupational socialisation was a huge factor in determining why so many nurses lift in a way hazardous to health and thus experience pain. It was found that although the majority of nurses knew about osteopathy, very few had used it, citing expense amongst other reason for not using it. Most nurses did not even know that osteopathy was available on the NHS, however referral from GP in this survey was virtually non-existent. It was highlighted that GPs need further education about the benefits of osteopathy, both in patient terms, and in its potential for reducing cost to the NHS.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2002
- Date Submitted
- 1.11.2003 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 56
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13003
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- Osteopathy,Low Back Pain,Nurses,Manual Handling,National Health Service (Great Britain)
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Lawson Andrew, “Osteopathic awareness in nurses with lower back pain”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 23, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/1335