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IEA 2018: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) pp 289–297Cite as

Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSDs) Among Algerian Nurses

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Abstract

Musculo-Skeletal Disorders (MSDs) are the leading cause of occupational disease. It is a set of periarticular affections that can affect the upper and lower limbs and spine, more specifically the joints, tendons, muscles and nerves.

The risk factors that trigger MSDs are numerous such as physical constraints, organizational constraints and environmental constraints.

In the proposed paper we will present the results of a short study conducted by our research unit (Research Unit ‘Human Resources Development’ URDRH - Sétif University 2- Algeria) whose purpose is to determine the various risk factors that may be causing MSDs (MSDs) among nurses care workers in Algeria; in order to deduce prevention strategies.

Our work is based on a sample of 500 members representing different health services and different disciplines. For this purpose, a questionnaire was prepared for this study in hospital-university centers in several Wilayas (department) of Algeria (Batna, Bouira, M’sila, Ouargla, Setif and Constantine). The questionnaire consists of four parts:

  • The first dealing with personal data (age, sex, height, weight, seniority etc…)

  • The second on the different risk factors

  • The third part on the different TMS.

  • And finally the fourth on the various details related to the prevention of symptoms and MSDs (modalities, targets, levels: primary, secondary and tertiary prevention).

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  1. Human Resources Development Research Unit (URDRH), Sétif University 2, Setif, Algeria

    Houda Kherbache, Lahcene Bouabdellah, Ali Hamaïdia & Abdenacer Tezkratt

  2. University of Bahrain, Sakhir, Bahrain

    Mohamed Mokdad

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Correspondence to Houda Kherbache .

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  1. University of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  2. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Tartaglia

  3. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Sara Albolino

  4. Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

    Thomas Alexander

  5. International Ergonomics Association, Tokyo, Japan

    Yushi Fujita

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Kherbache, H., Bouabdellah, L., Mokdad, M., Hamaïdia, A., Tezkratt, A. (2019). Musculo Skeletal Disorders (MSDs) Among Algerian Nurses. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 818. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96098-2_38

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