INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKING POSTURES OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTERS AND HOSPITALS WITH PAIN, BODY AWARENESS LEVEL, CHRONIC FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION

dc.contributor.authorDemirtaş Karaoba, Dilan
dc.contributor.authorTalu, Burcu
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T13:19:06Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T13:19:06Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to examine the relationship between physiotherapists' working posture and pain, body awareness level, chronic fatigue, and depression levels and to determine whether these parameters depend on the institution where they work. 93 randomly selected physiotherapists between the ages of 24-52 were divided into two groups according to their institutions: Rehabilitation centers/hospitals. Working posture was evaluated with the Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS), pain was evaluated with the Extended Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ-E) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), body awareness level was evaluated with the Body Awareness Questionnaire (BAQ), chronic fatigue was evaluated with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Self Assessment Form (CFS), depression level was evaluated with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). A relationship was found between OWAS-leg posture and NMQ-E-ankle pain (r=-0.238), between OWAS-back posture-arm posture-action class and VAS (r1=0.25; r2=-0.27; r3=0.23), and between OWAS-back posture-action class and BDI (r1=0.25; r2=0.26) (p<0.05). However, a significant difference was found only between the OWAS-back posture-action class and BDI results of physiotherapists working in different fields (p<0.05). It was observed that the working posture of physiotherapists affected the level of pain and depression and that physiotherapists working in rehabilitation centers had higher levels of depression and used more challenging back postures. © 2024, Inonu University. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.33715/inonusaglik.1463174
dc.identifier.endpage828
dc.identifier.issn2147-7892
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105001015456
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage813
dc.identifier.trdizinid1278435
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1463174
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1278435
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/108155
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInonu University
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Inonu University Vocational School of Health Services
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250329
dc.subjectHospital
dc.subjectPain
dc.subjectPhysiotherapist
dc.subjectPosture
dc.subjectRehabilitation centers
dc.titleINVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKING POSTURES OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WORKING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION CENTERS AND HOSPITALS WITH PAIN, BODY AWARENESS LEVEL, CHRONIC FATIGUE AND DEPRESSION
dc.title.alternativeÖzel Eğitim ve Rehabilitasyon Merkezleri ile Hastanelerde Çalışan Fizyoterapistlerin Çalışma Postürlerinin Ağrı, Vücut Farkındalık Düzeyi, Kronik Yorgunluk ve Depresyon ile İlişkisinin İncelenmesi]
dc.typeArticle

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