Low Back Pain Preventive Behaviors Among Nurses Based on the Health Belief Model Constructs

Naser Sharafkhani, Mahboobeh Khorsandi, Mohsen Shamsi and Mehdi Ranjbaran

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 4, 2158244014556726

Abstract: The nursing profession is physically demanding as it is ranked second from the viewpoint of physical activity, following industrial occupations. Nursing is considered a profession with high musculoskeletal disorders, specifically low back pain. This article evaluated the nurses’ educational needs based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) with focus on the low back pain and adoption of preventive behaviors. This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 133 nurses who were selected randomly from three public educational hospitals affiliated with Arak University of Medical Sciences. Data collection was performed with a questionnaire, which included demographic characteristics, questions on HBM constructs, and a checklist for explaining the performances. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. In this study, among the HBM constructs, the cues to action and the perceived barriers were the main predictors of optimal performance among the sample subjects ( B = 0.09, p

Keywords: health belief model; low back pain; educational needs assessment; musculoskeletal disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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