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Background: WMSDs are disorders/injuries sustained from job environment and work performance; they worsen or lasts longer as a result of the work environment.
Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence and identify the preventive and coping strategies of WMSDs among physiotherapists in the south-south region of Nigeria.
Methods: Simple random sampling technique was used to select hospitals and physiotherapists in these hospitals were the respondents in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the socio-demographic characteristics, prevalence of WMSDs on different regions of the body, risk factors of developing WMSDs, preventive measures and coping strategies of WMSDs among respondents; data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 26; descriptive and interferential statistics of Chi square was used to determine the association between the prevalence of WMSDs and the socio demographic characteristics of the respondents.
Results: This study showed 86.5% of WMSDs among respondents, working in the same position for a long period as a major risk factors contributing to WMSDs, ergonomic modification as a preventive measure of WMSDs and adjustment of plinths/bed as the major coping strategies adopted by respondents towards WMSDs.
Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the prevalence and identify the preventive and coping strategies of WMSDs among physiotherapists in the south-south region of Nigeria.
Methods: Simple random sampling technique was used to select hospitals and physiotherapists in these hospitals were the respondents in this study. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the socio-demographic characteristics, prevalence of WMSDs on different regions of the body, risk factors of developing WMSDs, preventive measures and coping strategies of WMSDs among respondents; data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 26; descriptive and interferential statistics of Chi square was used to determine the association between the prevalence of WMSDs and the socio demographic characteristics of the respondents.
Results: This study showed 86.5% of WMSDs among respondents, working in the same position for a long period as a major risk factors contributing to WMSDs, ergonomic modification as a preventive measure of WMSDs and adjustment of plinths/bed as the major coping strategies adopted by respondents towards WMSDs.
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