Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic

Lower back pain (LBP) has become one of the most prevalent work-related syndromes of the twenty-first century and overall occupational safety risk. This study investigates the causes of LBP among healthcare workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the healthcare system faced its...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohd Hashimi, Abas
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2023
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/1/Depositpermission-not%20allow_s823294.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/2/s823294_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/3/s823294_02.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-uum-etd.11039
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-uum-etd.110392024-03-18T23:50:22Z Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic 2023 Mohd Hashimi, Abas Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew School of Business Management School of Business Management RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Lower back pain (LBP) has become one of the most prevalent work-related syndromes of the twenty-first century and overall occupational safety risk. This study investigates the causes of LBP among healthcare workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the healthcare system faced its most significant challenges. Physical job demand, psychological job demand, and social support as the factors are investigated. The hypotheses developed to examine the associations between the factors and LBP are tested based on the opinion of hospital healthcare workers in Kedah based on the three objectives of this research. To test the hypotheses, 171 responses to a self-administered questionnaire are collected. The collected data is analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Physical job demand and psychological job demand were found no have significant effects on the LBP, However, there is significant relationship between social support and the LBP with R2 = 0.131. This research enables each hospital's Occupational Safety and Health department and agencies affiliated with the Malaysian Ministry of Health to foresee and comprehend the need for its healthcare professionals to work in an optimal environment. 2023 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/1/Depositpermission-not%20allow_s823294.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/2/s823294_01.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/3/s823294_02.pdf text eng staffonly other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection	UUM ETD
language	eng eng eng
advisor	Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew
topic	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health Hygiene Preventive Medicine Mohd Hashimi, Abas Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
description	Lower back pain (LBP) has become one of the most prevalent work-related syndromes of the twenty-first century and overall occupational safety risk. This study investigates the causes of LBP among healthcare workers who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the healthcare system faced its most significant challenges. Physical job demand, psychological job demand, and social support as the factors are investigated. The hypotheses developed to examine the associations between the factors and LBP are tested based on the opinion of hospital healthcare workers in Kedah based on the three objectives of this research. To test the hypotheses, 171 responses to a self-administered questionnaire are collected. The collected data is analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). Physical job demand and psychological job demand were found no have significant effects on the LBP, However, there is significant relationship between social support and the LBP with R2 = 0.131. This research enables each hospital's Occupational Safety and Health department and agencies affiliated with the Malaysian Ministry of Health to foresee and comprehend the need for its healthcare professionals to work in an optimal environment.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	other
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Mohd Hashimi, Abas
author_facet	Mohd Hashimi, Abas
author_sort	Mohd Hashimi, Abas
title	Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
title_short	Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
title_full	Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
title_fullStr	Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic
title_sort	factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in kedah during covid-19 pandemic
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Business Management
publishDate	2023
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/1/Depositpermission-not%20allow_s823294.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/2/s823294_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11039/3/s823294_02.pdf
_version_	1794023813761990656

Factors affecting lower back pain among hospital healthcare workers in Kedah during covid-19 pandemic

Similar Items