Muscle of nurses working in a public hospital quality of life with skeleton system problems comparison of levels

The study was planned as a cross-sectional study in order to comparethe musculoskeletal system problems of nurses working in Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital with their quality of life. The research was conducted between March and April 2022. The sample of the study, on the other hand, consists of 215 nurses working at Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, who agreed to participate in the study. The data of the study were collected by questionnaires containing the questions of "Sociodemographic Questionnaire", "Nottingham Health Profile (NSP) Questionnaire", "Cornell Musculoskeletal Disorder Screening Questionnaire (CMDQ)". Of the nurses participating in the research, 80% are women, 58.60% are single, 53% are in the 25-34 age group, 92.60% are undergraduate or higher graduates, 40.90% work in intensive care units. , 40.90% of them have a total working time of 10 years or more in the profession, 38.10% of their working time in their unit is between 4-9 years, 60.90% of them work 9 hours or less a day, 51.20% of them work as daytime shifts and shifts, 70.80% of the shifts are between 1 and 11, 96.30% of them have 1-3 times of rest during the day, 57.20% of them rest periods are more than 30 minutes, 2.30% are given appropriate working shoes, 4.20% exercise regularly, 17.20% have a chronic illness, 20.50% have musculoskeletal disorders. was diagnosed. When nurses are evaluated according to their sociodemographic, professional and working life characteristics; Those aged 35-44 in the institution, males, married, having children, mostly working in diagnostic units, working 9 hours or less during the day, working as day shift, having more rest, those who have worked in the profession for 10 years or more, chronic It has been observed that the level of quality of life is high in those who do not have a disease, musculoskeletal disorder, and those who exercise regularly. On the other hand, musculoskeletal system in women, married people, those with more children, high school and associate degree graduates, those who work in the daytime, those who work more than 9 hours, those who work in the emergency service, those who have worked in the institution for 10 years or more, and those with chronic diseases and musculoskeletal disorders. complaints were seen more.