Evaluation of occupational hazards for nurses in intensive care units of tertiary care centers

Kobra Abdi Zarrini; Akram  Sanagoo; Leila Jouybari; Mohammad Ali Vakil; Ali Kavosi

doi:10.4103/jnms.jnms_52_18

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Evaluation of occupational hazards for nurses in intensive care units of tertiary care centers

Author(s):

Kobra Abdi Zarrini¹,

Akram Sanagoo^2,*,

Leila Jouybari²,

Mohammad Ali Vakil³,

Ali Kavosi²

1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

2Nursing Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

3Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences:Vol. 5, issue 4; 153-158

Published online:Jan 15, 2019

Article type:Research Article

Received:Dec 04, 2018

Accepted:Nov 14, 2018

How to Cite:Abdi Zarrini K, Sanagoo A, Jouybari L, Vakil MA, Kavosi A. Evaluation of occupational hazards for nurses in intensive care units of tertiary care centers. J Nurs Midwifery Sci. 2018;5(4):e141165. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/jnms.jnms_52_18

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Context: Nursing is a high-risk occupation, and intensive care units (ICUs) are one of the most sensitive hospital wards.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the level of occupational hazards among nurses in the ICUs.

Setting and Design: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on a total of 281 nurses in the ICUs of tertiary care centers in Golestan and Mazandaran Universities of Medical Sciences in 2017.

Materials and Methods: Data were collected using a five-dimensional occupational hazard questionnaire.

Statistical Analysis Used: Data analysis was performed in SPSS software (version 16) and descriptive and inferential statistics were considered statistically significant (P < 0.05).

Results: In this study, 75.1% of the nurses were female and 50.9% of the participants were within the age range of 26–35 years. The total mean and standard deviation of occupational hazards was 3.20 ± 0.66. In addition, the mean values and standard deviations of chemical, ergonomic, biological, psychosocial, and organizational, as well as physical hazards were reported to be 2.43 ± 1.06, 2.6 ± 0.82, 2.63 ± 0.91, 3.38 ± 0.7, and 3.38 ± 0.86, respectively. According to the results, significant differences were observed between occupational hazards and variables of gender, marital status, educational level, and work experience (P = 0.0001).

Conclusion: Occupational hazard level was moderate among nurses in the ICUs, and most of the damages were related to the physical dimension. In addition to holding educational workshops in tertiary care centers by the related officials, proper preventive plans must be designed to reduce occupational injuries.

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