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Kemal Macit HİSAR Selçuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, TR
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Dilek CİNGİL Assist. Prof. Health Sciences Faculty Public Health Nursing
Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, TR
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Filiz HİSAR Necmettin Erbakan University Necmettin Erbakan University Konya TR
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CARRYING BAG AND MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN IN
PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Study Objective: The present study was carried out with the aim of revealing the
states of carrying bag and musculoskeletal pain in primary school pupils.
Method: In the descriptive study, entire pupils in an primary school were involved
in the study. Data were collected through a socio-demographic data form, Self-
Assessment Pain Scale, Faces Pain Rating Scale and Strength and Difficulties
Questionnaire.
Findings : A total of 354 primary school pupils aged 7–12 years participated in the
study.The mean age of pupils was 8.07±1.26 years . The bag weight/ body weigh
ratio of 83.6 % of pupils was 0.11 and 56.8% of pupils had pain associated with
carrying schoolbag. When the pain scale score averages were compared, the
score averages of girls (6.5 ±6.8 [4(2-10)]) as compared with that of boys (4.7
±6.0 [3 (1-6)]) and of those pointing out schoolbag as the reason of pain (6.3 ±6.6
[4 (2-9)]) as compared with that of other group (4.8 ±6.3 [2(1-6)]) were higher
and statistically more significant (p<0.005). The face pain score average in pupils
whose bag weight /body weight ratio is 0.11 and over was (1.4±1.3 [1(0-2)])
higher and statistically more significant as compared with those with body
weight ratio of 0.10 and below (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The result findings suggested that three quarters of pupils
carried heavy bags and more than half of them suffered from pains associated
with carrying bag. Therefore it is primarily recommended the identification of
bag weight/body weight ratios of pupils in accordance with their anthropometric
sizes.
Keywords:
School Bag, Musculoskeletal Pain, Primary School Children
Congress Topics:
Globalization in Nursing: Education, Migration, Workforce
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