Constructing a Subjective Low Back Pain and Job Stress in Hospital Nurses

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze and consider how nurses' low back pain relates to their job stress.

Questionnaires are given to 768 clinical nurses working in four general hospitals.

The results are as follows: A group of people with serious pain reported significantly higher scores for depression. It was significant negative correlation between depression and "low self-esteem" "difficult task" "lack of enthusiasm for work".

The more nurses have various tasks and hard work, less enthusiasm for work, and low self-esteem, the more they tend to get depressed. That they tend to get depressed related to serious low back pain. Therefore, it is significant to provide mental support for nurses in order to measure against low back pain.