Dataset Musculoskeletal pain in health professionals at the end of their studies and 1 year after entry into the profession: A multi-center longitudinal study.

Dataset related to the paper "Musculoskeletal pain in health professionals at the end of their studies and 1 year after entry into the profession: A multi-center longitudinal study." <strong>Abstract</strong> Background: Musculoskeletal pain, especially back pain, is common among health professionals (HPs). They reduce work productivity and cause high costs. This follow up study investigates the prevalence and individual course of Musculoskeletal pain among HP students at the end of their studies and one year after entering the health care workforce. Participants were asked whether their Musculoskeletal pain was related to study or work conditions. Method: Self reported one year prevalence for lower back pain, neck and shoulder pain, pain in arms or hands, and pain in legs or feet was collected by an online questionnaire at two timepoints from 1046 participating HPs. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) models of the binomial family with log link were employed to estimate adjusted prevalence and corresponding normal based 95% confidence intervals were derived using the bootstrap method with 1,000 replications. Results: Prevalence of lower back pain as well as neck and shoulder pain was very high at baseline and follow up in all students and later HPs. Prevalence for pain in arms or hands, legs or feet was lower and there were significant differences between the professions. HP associated their lower back pain and neck and shoulder pain clearly with study and work conditions; HPs linked pain in arms or hands, legs or feet strongly with work conditions only. Conclusion: The prevention of lower back pain and neck and shoulder pain must be included in the curricula of all health professions at universities. As best practice example, they should incorporate ergonomic measures and exercises as a daily routine of the formation of health professionals. The impact of physically demanding professional tasks on upper and lower extremities needs to be investigated in further studies in order to take preventive measures.本数据集关联论文《医护专业人员毕业阶段与入职行业一年后的肌肉骨骼疼痛：一项多中心纵向研究》。 **摘要** 背景：肌肉骨骼疼痛（musculoskeletal pain），尤其是背痛，在医护专业人员（health professionals, HPs）中十分高发。此类疼痛会降低工作生产力并带来高额成本。本随访研究旨在调查医护专业学生在毕业季以及入职医护行业一年后的肌肉骨骼疼痛患病率与个体病程。研究人员询问了参与者的肌肉骨骼疼痛是否与学习或工作环境相关。 方法：研究通过在线问卷在两个时间点对1046名参与研究的医护专业人员进行调查，收集其下背痛、颈肩痛、手臂或手部疼痛以及腿部或足部疼痛的自我报告一年期患病率。研究采用二项分布族且连接函数为对数函数的广义估计方程（generalized estimating equation, GEE）模型估算校正后患病率，并通过1000次重复的Bootstrap法（bootstrap）推导得到基于正态近似的95%置信区间。 结果：在基线与随访阶段，所有受试学生及后续入职的医护人员的下背痛、颈肩痛患病率均极高。手臂或手部疼痛、腿部或足部疼痛的患病率相对较低，且不同职业间存在显著差异。医护人员明确将下背痛与颈肩痛归因于学习与工作环境；而手臂或手部疼痛、腿部或足部疼痛则仅与工作环境显著相关。 结论：所有高校医护专业的课程体系中均应纳入下背痛与颈肩痛的预防内容。作为最佳实践范例，应将人体工程学措施与训练纳入医护专业人员的日常培养流程。针对体力负荷较重的职业任务对上下肢的影响，需在后续研究中进一步探索，以便制定针对性预防措施。