Musculoskeletal Problems and Strategies Developed by Physiotherapists to Cope With Them

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in areas such as occupational musculoskeletal injuries and strategies developed by physiotherapists working in different fields, burnout and occupational satisfaction.

Detailed Description
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This study is a descriptive, cross-sectional online survey study. In this study, it is aimed to reach people who have graduated from the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Departments of the Faculties of Health Sciences or the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Schools of universities in Turkey, which provide education for 4 years and have the title of physiotherapist. Physiotherapists will be divided into 5 groups according to the fields they work. Group 1 is only pediatric patients, Group 2 is orthopedics and sportsman, Group 3 is neurology and intensive care, Group 4 is general group that receives patients in many fields, and Group 5 is physiotherapists working in the field of public health. planned to occur. Before starting the study, the participants will be asked to fill in the Volunteer and Consent Form that they voluntarily participated in, and then they will be asked to fill out the Personal Information Form, the Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal System Questionnaire, the Pain Coping Inventory, the Maslach Burnout Scale, and the Vocational Satisfaction Scale prepared by us. According to the results obtained, 5 different groups will be compared among themselves by the determined parameters. The surveys to be used will be uploaded to the Google Forms database. Then, the participants will be asked to participate in the study by being reached via online media such as e-mail, mobile phone applications , social media.

Official Title
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Comparison of Physiotherapists Working in Different Fields in Terms of Occupational Satisfaction, Burnout, Musculoskeletal System Problems and the Strategies They Developed to Cope With it.

Conditions
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Muscle Pain, Occupational Diseases

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Survey


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Volunteering to participate in the study Being a physiotherapist Having completed at least 1 year in the profession and continuing an active working life Being between the ages of 21 and 60 Exclusion Criteria: Not having completed 1 year in the profession Having any systemic disease

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| 1.group<br>patient area in the children's area | Other: Survey<br>* Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Pain Management Inventory Maslach Burnout Scale Vocational Satisfaction Scale<br>|
| 2.group<br>patient area in the field of orthopedics and athletes | Other: Survey<br>* Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Pain Management Inventory Maslach Burnout Scale Vocational Satisfaction Scale<br>|
| 3.group<br>patient area in neurology and intensive care | Other: Survey<br>* Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Pain Management Inventory Maslach Burnout Scale Vocational Satisfaction Scale<br>|
| 4.group<br>general group receiving patients in many fields | Other: Survey<br>* Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Pain Management Inventory Maslach Burnout Scale Vocational Satisfaction Scale<br>|
| 5.group<br>physiotherapists working in public health | Other: Survey<br>* Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire Pain Management Inventory Maslach Burnout Scale Vocational Satisfaction Scale<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire | It is a scale used to determine the extent of pain in the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of this questionnaire is to identify and compare pain and complaints in parts of the body. There is an image showing the 9 parts of the body included in the questionnaire. These body parts; neck, shoulders, back, elbows, hands, waist, hips, knees and feet. The respondents are asked whether they have experienced problems such as pain and discomfort in their body parts in the last 12 months, in the last 4 weeks, and on the day of the assessment, and they are asked to mark this as yes or no. | 2 days | 
| Maslach Burnout Scale | The scale consists of 22 questions in total. A 5-point Likert scale is used to answer the questions. There are options such as 0- Never, 1- Rarely, 2- Sometimes, 3- Often, 4- Always. Volunteers are asked to tick the appropriate option for each question. The scale has 3 sub-categories. There are 9 items for the emotional exhaustion section, 5 items for the depersonalization section, and 8 items for the personal achievement section. People with high burnout levels are expected to have high scores on the emotional exhaustion section and depersonalization section, and low personal achievement scores. The scores that can be obtained from the subscales range from 0-36 for emotional exhaustion, 0-20 for depersonalization, and 0-32 for personal achievement. | 2 days | 
| Vocational Satisfaction Scale | There are 20 questions in the scale. A five-point Likert-type rating scale was used for these questions. These ratings are 1. Always, 2. Often, 3. Sometimes, 4. Rarely, 5. Never. Items 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 in the questions 5: Always, 4: Often, 3: Occasionally, 2: Rarely, 1: Never, while the items 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19, which make up the Negative items, are reversed; It should be scored as 1: Always, 2: Often, 3: Sometimes, 4: Rarely, 5: Never. | 2 days | 
| Pain Coping Inventory | It is a scale developed to determine the behavioral and cognitive strategies used by people with chronic pain to cope with this situation. In the original form of the scale, active as pain transformation, distancing and demand reduction; There are six passive sub-dimensions: withdrawal, worry, and rest. There are 22 questions in the scale and evaluation is made according to the 4-point Likert type. The lowest score is between 1 (almost never) and the highest score 4 (very often). | 2 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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physiotherapist, burnout, professional satisfaction