Prevalence, characteristics and clinical impact of work-related musculoskeletal pain in echocardiography.

IF 3.2 Q2 CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS

Echo Research and Practice Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI:10.1186/s44156-024-00042-3

Eunice Onwordi, Alistair Harris, Charlotte Atkinson, Cathy West, Keith Pearce, Jane Hancock, Camelia Demetrescu, Dhrubo Rakhit, Benoy N Shah, Rajdeep Khattar, Jennifer Gorman, Delfin Encarnacion, Guy Lloyd, Sanjeev Bhattacharyya

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Abstract

Background: Work-related musculoskeletal pain (WRMSP) is increasingly recognised in cardiac ultrasound practice. WRMSP can impact workforce health, productivity and sustainability. We sought to investigate the prevalence, characteristics and clinical impact of WRMSP.

Methods: Prospective electronic survey of 157 echocardiographers in 10 institutions. Data acquired on demographics, experience, working environment/pattern, WRMSP location, severity and pattern, the impact on professional, personal life and career.

Results: 129/157 (82%) echocardiographers completed the survey, of whom 109 (85%) reported WRMSP and 55 (43%) reported work taking longer due to WRMSP. 40/129 (31%) required time off work. 78/109 (60%) reported sleep disturbance with 26/78 (33%) of moderate or severe severity. 56/129 (45%) required medical evaluation of their WRMSP and 25/129 (19%) received a formal diagnosis of musculoskeletal injury. Those with 11+ years of experience were significantly more likely to receive a formal diagnosis of WRMSP (p = 0.002) and require medication (p = 0.006) compared to those with 10 years or less experience.

Conclusion: WRMSP is very common amongst echocardiographers, with a fifth having a related musculoskeletal injury. WRMSP has considerable on impact on personal, social and work-related activities. Strategies to reduce the burden of WRMSP are urgently required to ensure sustainability of the workforce and patient access to imaging.

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超声心动图检查中与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疼痛的发生率、特征和临床影响。

背景：在心脏超声实践中，与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疼痛（WRMSP）越来越受到重视。WRMSP 会影响劳动力的健康、生产率和可持续性。我们试图调查 WRMSP 的发病率、特征和临床影响：方法：对 10 家机构的 157 名超声心动图医师进行前瞻性电子调查。获得的数据包括人口统计学、经验、工作环境/模式、WRMSP 的位置、严重程度和模式，以及对专业、个人生活和职业生涯的影响：129/157（82%）名超声心动图医生完成了调查，其中109（85%）名报告了WRMSP，55（43%）名报告了因WRMSP导致的工作时间延长。40/129（31%）人需要请假。78/109（60%）人报告有睡眠障碍，其中 26/78 （33%）人的睡眠障碍程度为中度或严重。56/129（45%）人需要对他们的 WRMSP 进行医疗评估，25/129（19%）人得到了肌肉骨骼损伤的正式诊断。与工作经验在 10 年或 10 年以下的人员相比，工作经验在 11 年以上的人员接受 WRMSP 正式诊断（p = 0.002）和需要药物治疗（p = 0.006）的可能性明显更高：结论：WRMSP 在超声心动图医师中非常常见，五分之一的超声心动图医师有相关的肌肉骨骼损伤。WRMSP 对个人、社会和与工作相关的活动都有相当大的影响。目前迫切需要制定减轻 WRMSP 负担的策略，以确保工作队伍的可持续性和患者获得成像的机会。

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Echo Research and Practice CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS-

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6.70

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12.70%

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审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Echo Research and Practice aims to be the premier international journal for physicians, sonographers, nurses and other allied health professionals practising echocardiography and other cardiac imaging modalities. This open-access journal publishes quality clinical and basic research, reviews, videos, education materials and selected high-interest case reports and videos across all echocardiography modalities and disciplines, including paediatrics, anaesthetics, general practice, acute medicine and intensive care. Multi-modality studies primarily featuring the use of cardiac ultrasound in clinical practice, in association with Cardiac Computed Tomography, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance or Nuclear Cardiology are of interest. Topics include, but are not limited to: 2D echocardiography 3D echocardiography Comparative imaging techniques – CCT, CMR and Nuclear Cardiology Congenital heart disease, including foetal echocardiography Contrast echocardiography Critical care echocardiography Deformation imaging Doppler echocardiography Interventional echocardiography Intracardiac echocardiography Intraoperative echocardiography Prosthetic valves Stress echocardiography Technical innovations Transoesophageal echocardiography Valve disease.