ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF JOB PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE STAFF OF THE NURSING AND THE OPERATING ROOM BY REBA TECHNIQUE

One of the most important health problems in hospital staff is musculoskeletal
disorder that is very important in professions such as Nursing. The diagnosis of being afflicted by
these disorders can be performed using the state of job performance. This study has been done among
the nurses and operating room staff of the teaching hospitals of Ilam city, in 2012.
Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive-sectional (Cohort) study which is done among 45 nursing
personnel, and 45 the operating room personnel. Nordic Standard questionnaires and REBA (to
assess the posture) are used to perform the study. The data collected were analyzed by using SPSS-16
and the T-test, ANOVA and X2.
Results: The disorders related to waist are the most prevalent among the personnel of operating room
and the nursing with 46.7% and 56.7% respectively. There is a significant relationship between
operating room sample and nursing with regard to the points obtained for the upper body, feet, neck,
arms, and forearms and total point of REBA (P<0.05). There is a significant relationship between
gender & education level and total point of REBA in the nursing group (P<0.05), but there was not
significant relationship between demographic factors and total point between the two groups (p>0.05).
Risk level was 11-15 in operating room group while it was 8-10 in nursing group.
Conclusion: The high level of prevalence of waist disorders among muscular-skeletal disorders
within two samples arises from work conditions and improper body posture which demands
reformatory measures for body posture