Abstract:
Background: -Healthcare providers are at risk of Work-related musculoskeletal disorders including low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain and results in discomfort, inability to perform tasks properly, and affects the quality of life and reduces productivity. Practice of ergonomics principle to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorder among healthcare providers is not well studied in Ethiopia. Objective:-This study aimed to assess the Practice of ergonomics principle to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorder among healthcare providers in public hospitals. Methods:-Institutional-based Cross-sectional study design was conduct among 422 selected health workers from February- April/2020 in three selected public hospitals found in AA City Administration. Participants were selected by using systematic random sampling techniques. A semi-structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were entered to EPIdata 3.1 and exported to SPSS 20 for further analysis. Descriptive statistic was used to summarize knowledge, attitude and practice and also ordinal logistic regression was applied to test significant association. Result: -A response rate of this study was 94%. 239 (60.2%) of the respondents were female and 224(56.4%) of them were single in marital status. 262(66%) of study respondents had a fair knowledge level regarding WRMSDs preventions and occurrence. And again 254(64%) of the respondents had a poor attitude toward WRMSDs. Only 9(2.3%) of the respondents were practicing of ergonomic principles while at work. The level of knowledge was significantly associated with practices of ergonomics principles. Practices of ergonomics principles was significantly associated with sex of respondents, number of working days per week, number of working hours per day were significantly associated with level of practice at p-value <0.05. Conclusion and Recommendation: - the proportion of health workers knowledge, found to be unsatisfactory in the prevention and occurrence of WRMSDs and poor attitude and practices of ergonomic principles might result in a high prevalence of WRMSDs and also there are associated factors with practice level. So it is recommended that healthcare providers should focus on preventive strategies and health facilities and government should give attention on preventive strategies and developing guidelines.