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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.
Sec. Rheumatology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1466370
This article is part of the Research Topic Rehabilitation and Alternative Medicine in the Healthcare for Chronic Rheumatic Pain Disorders View all 10 articles

Nonspecific cervical spine pain /neck pain/ in medical personnel of north-eastern Poland - a cross-sectional study.

Provisionally accepted
Anna Citko Anna Citko 1*Stanislaw Gorski Stanislaw Gorski 2Ludmila Marcinowicz Ludmila Marcinowicz 3Mateusz Cybulski Mateusz Cybulski 3*Matylda Sierakowska Matylda Sierakowska 3
  • 1 University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
  • 2 Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
  • 3 Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

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    Both mechanical and psychological overload are inherent to the work of nurses and paramedics, resulting spondylogenic pain. Aim of the study: to identify potential risk factors influencing the prevalence of non-specific cervical spine pain in professionally active nurses and paramedics. Material and methods: 324 nurses (53.2% of the total) and 285 paramedics (46.8%) were included in the study - 609 people in total. The study was carried out using an auditorium survey technique supervised by the researchers. The methods used were: Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, a spinal pain questionnaire validated according to IEA guidelines, a short version of the IPAQ and the author's survey questionnaire, concerning sociodemographic data, chronic diseases including metabolic syndrome (MetS). A univariate logistic regression model was used in the statistical analysis. The level of statistical significance was taken as p<0.05. Results: Recurrent NP was significantly more common in paramedics compared to nurses (29.5 % vs. 9.3 %; p <0.0001) . In a univariate logistic regression model, the risk of NP was significantly increased by: length of service > 15 years (p<0.024), presence of: low back pain (p<0.0001), type 2 diabetes (p=0.013), hypertension (p<0.001), depression (p<0.01). Of the modifiable factors, the risk of NP was significantly increased by high physical activity and short sleep <7 hours (p<0.001).

    Keywords: Nurses, paramedics, neck pain (NP), Spondylogenic pain syndrome, Predictive factors

    Received: 17 Jul 2024; Accepted: 22 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Citko, Gorski, Marcinowicz, Cybulski and Sierakowska. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Anna Citko, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland
    Mateusz Cybulski, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, 15-089, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

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