Incidence of low back injuries among nursing personnel as a function of patient lifting frequency

Stobbe, Terrence J.; Plummer, Ralph W.; Jensen, Roger C.; Attfield, Michael D.

doi:10.1016/0022-4375(88)90029-1

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“…Twenty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria . On the basis of a screening of the references of the articles on these studies and recent reviews (9, l l ) , an additional 9 studies were included (94)(95)(96)(97)(98)(99)(100)(101)(102)(103)(104). The selection of studies for inclusion, from a random sample (N=100) of the papers identified in Medline by the second reviewer, led to an initial 2% disagreement.…”

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“…Three low-quality studies examined the effect of patient handling (91,93,102). Patient handling includes the OR, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, Some of the results of the multivariable analyses in the article(s) on this study were disregarded in the data abstraction because it was only reported that a factor did not enter the model in stepwise modeling.…”

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“…Moreover, some of these studies did not assess the occurrence of back pain for the entire follow-up period (61, 62, 100, 103). The studies included in the review do not provide much insight into the effect of adjustment for certain covariates, because only a few studies showed the effect estimate for a certain exposure with and without adjustment for covariates (79,102,103).…”

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Physical load during work and leisure time as risk factors for back pain

Hoogendoorn

Poppel²,

Bongers³

et al. 1999

Scand J Work Environ Health

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This systematic review assessed aspects of physical load during work and leisure time as risk factors for back pain. Several reviews on this topic are available, but this one is based on a strict systematic approach to identify and summarize the evidence, comparable with that applied in the clinical literature on the efficacy of intervention for back pain. A computerized bibliographical search was made of several data bases for studies with a cohort or casereferent design. Cross-sectional studies were excluded. A rating system was used to assess the strength of the evidence, based on the methodological quality of 28 cohort and 3 case-referent studies and the consistency of the findings. Strong evidence exists for manual materials handling, bending and twisting, and whole-body vibration as risk factors for back pain. The evidence was moderate for patient handling and heavy physical work, and no evidence was found for standing or walking, sitting, sports, and total leisure-time physical activity.

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Physical load during work and leisure time as risk factors for back pain

Hoogendoorn

Poppel²,

Bongers³

et al. 1999

Scand J Work Environ Health

473

268

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“…These factors include the physical workload such as manual lifting and transferring of patients, working conditions such as working time and rest during the night shift, and the working environment1,4-6,8,9,12,13,17-26) Venning et al reported that work-related factors, rather than personal char acteristics, were the major predictor of back injury of nurses12). Among these factors, exposures to fre quent manual lifting and transferring of patients were widely recognized factors1,4,5, [12][13][14]17,24,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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“…The heaviness and frequency of lifting or transferring were related to low back pain among nursing person nel1,4, 8,12,13,32,33). Videman et al reported that nurs ing aides had low back pain and that their physical workload was heavier than that of qualified nurses13).…”

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Work-Related Factors of Low Back Pain among Nursing Aides in Nursing Homes for the Elderly

Fujimura¹,

Yasuda²,

Ohara³

1995

Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi

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Abstract:Work-Related Factors of Low Back Pain among Nursing Aides in Nursing Homes for the Elderly: Takashi FUJIMURA, at al. Department of Public Health, Kochi Medical School-This survey was performed in December 1991 on 555 nursing aides (NAs) in 32 Special Nursing Homes for the Eld erly (SNHs) in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. The purpose of the survey was to establish the relationship be tween low back pain among NAs in SNHs, and the degree of dependency in the activities of daily living (ADL) of the patients under their care. In order to investigate the work-related factors of low back pain, a questionnaire was sent to the NAs, request ing information on the NAs' low back pain condition. Another questionnaire was sent to the 32 SNHs, concerning the status of patients in the respective SNHs. Of the 463 NAs questionnaires which were returned, 443 female NAs' responses were analyzed. The following findings were observed.The preva lence of low back pain among the NAs was high (the one month prevalence was 77.0%), and of the afflict ed NAs, 98 (24.5%) were visiting a health care pro vider. The NAs with low back pain experienced diffi culty in completing their care-giving tasks, and com plained about their working conditions and working environment more often than the NAs without low back pain. In addition, this study showed that, at SNHs where the proportions of dependence in patients' ADL were high, the prevalence of low back pain among their NAs was high. This fact was also confirmed by multiple logistic regression. We, there fore, suggest in this study that patients' care needs are associated with low back pain among NAs. (J Occup Health 1995; 37: 89-98)

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