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NCT Number: NCT04742335

Assessment of Pain, Occupational Fatigue, Sleep and Quality of Life in Nurses

The aim of the study is to evaluate the pain, occupational fatigue, sleep and quality of life in nurses and the relationships between them. 102 participants working as nurses were included in the study. Data on age, gender, height, weight, working year in the profession, weekly working hours, hand dominance, diagnosed diseases and marital status of the participants were collected. Subsequently, the questions included in the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire, occupational fatigue / burnout / recovery scale (OFER), sleep hygiene index (SHI) and World Health Organization quality of life scale (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaires were answered by the participants.

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Key information

Conditions

Pain in A Joint, Multiple Sites Arthralgia Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ufuk University

Ankara, Çankaya, 06520, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire: It is a scale that evaluates whether symptoms of pain, pain and discomfort have been experienced in the neck, shoulder, elbow, hand-wrist, waist, back, hip-thigh, knee-foot-ankle regions during the last 12 months and whether ordinary indoor and outdoor activities are hampered by these symptoms and whether there has been pain in the mentioned body areas for the last 7 days. It consists of 27 items and each item is answered as yes / no.

Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale: It is a scale developed to measure occupational fatigue. It consists of 15 items in total and 3 sub-dimensions evaluating chronic fatigue (questions 1-5), acute fatigue (questions 6-10) and recovery (questions 11-15). Each item is scored between 0-6 points (0 = Strongly Disagree, 1 = Disagree, 2 = Somewhat Disagree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = slightly agree, 5 = Agree, 6 = Strongly Agree) by the participants. High scores in the chronic and acute fatigue sub-dimensions mean higher occupational fatigue, and higher scores in the recovery sub-dimension mean better recovery between working periods.

Sleep Hygiene Index: It is a scale that evaluates sleep hygiene. The frequencies of sleep hygiene-related behaviors are questioned in a total of 13 items with a Likert-type scale where each item is scored between 0 and 4 (0 = never, 1 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always). Higher scores indicate worse sleep hygiene.

WHOQOL-BREF-TR: It is a scale that evaluates the well-being of individuals in 4 sub-areas in which physical health, psychological status, social relations and environmental conditions are questioned, and their general quality of life and health status with one question. Each item is scored on a 1-5 Likert-type scale. Sub-domain scores represent the quality of life in their field independently of each other. Higher scores indicate better quality of life.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Being over 18 years old
  • Working as a nurse

Exclusion criteria

  • Being under the age of 18
  • Having a history of serious trauma and orthopedic surgery in the last 1 year
  • Having a chronic severe internal and neurological disease

Treatment and study plan

Survey

Other

Survey will be applied to the participants.

Primary outcomes

  1. Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire scores

    Time frame: 1 month

    whether symptoms of pain, pain and discomfort have been experienced in the neck, shoulder, elbow, hand-wrist, waist, back, hip-thigh, knee-foot-ankle regions during the last 12 months and whether ordinary indoor and outdoor activities are hampered by these symptoms and whether there has been pain in the mentioned body areas for the last 7 days.

  2. Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery Scale scores

    Time frame: 1 month

    İt evaluates chronic fatigue, acute fatigue and recovery.

  3. Sleep Hygiene Index score

    Time frame: 1 month

    It evaluates sleep hygiene.

  4. WHOQOL-BREF-TR scores

    Time frame: 1 month

    It evaluates the well-being of individuals in physical health, psychological status, social relations and environmental conditions and their general quality of life and health status.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ufuk University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Feb 8, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 8, 2021

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