Patient-Handling Skill, Back Injuries, and Back Pain

ObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce back pain in nursing aides. Methods Female nursing aides from a university hospital who had suffered episodes of back pain for at least six months were included in the study. Participants were randomly divided into a control group and an intervention group. The intervention program involved a set of exercises and an educational component stressing the ergonomic aspect, administered twice a week during working hours for four months. All subjects answered a structured questionnaire and the intensity of pain was assessed before and after the program using a visual analogue scale (VAS). Student's t-test or the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for independent samples, and Chi-square test or the Exact Fisher test for categorical analysis, were used. The McNemar test and the Wilcoxon matched pairs test were used to compare the periods before and after the program. ResultsThere was a statistically significant decrease in the frequency of cervical pain in the last two months and in the last seven days in the intervention group. There was also a reduction in cervical pain intensity in the two periods (2 months, 7 days) and lumbar pain intensity in the last 7 days. ConclusionsThe results suggest that a program of regular exercise with an emphasis on ergonomics can reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in nursing personnel. Resumo Objetivo

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“…11,17 Such training has become requisite in health institutions in countries with occupational health concerns.…”

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Evaluation of a program to reduce back pain in nursing personnel

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“…Pesquisas que se preocuparam em enfocar programas instrucionais que envolvem princípios de ergonomia e biomecânica têm mostrado que desta forma, o treinamento representa um método efetivo para auxiliar a prevenção de lesões nas costas s 666 ™' 73 .…”

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Dores nas costas e enfermagem

Alexandre¹,

Angerámi²,

Filho³

1996

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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INTRODUÇÃOO problema das cervicodorsolombalgias entre o pessoal de enfermagem tem se tornado um tópico de grande interesse na saúde ocupacional internacional.Estudos que comparam a enfermagem com profissões não ligadas à saúde, demonstram que realmente o pessoal de enfermagem apresenta uma prevalência elevada 14 > 30 -37 . MAGORA 37 , ao comparar oito ocupações em uma pesquisa realizada em Israel, encontrou uma incidência maior de lombalgia entre trabalhadores de indústria pesada (21,6%) e enfermeiros (16,8%).Nos Estados Unidos, JENSEN 30 investigou solicitações de indenizações devido a lesões nas costas em 24 ocupações. Esta pesquisa revelou que os profissionais de enfermagem têm uma elevada taxa de lesões dorsais e que o auxiliar de enfermagem foi o grupo que ficou classificado em primeiro lugar entre os 24 pesquisados.

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“…Biomechanical modeling has demonstrated that any deviation from anatomically neutral trunk postures increasesthe load on the lumbar spine (4). Some epidemiologic studies have shown that nonneutral postures of the trunk, for example, bending and twisting, are significantly related to the risk of low-back pain (5)(6)(7). However, the epidemiologic evidence is limited since other studies have failed to find any association between frequent bending or the rotation of the trunk during work and low-back pain (8,9).…”

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Sources of variance in exposure to postural load on the back in occupational groups.

Burdorf¹

1992

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Patient-Handling Skill, Back Injuries, and Back Pain

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Evaluation of a program to reduce back pain in nursing personnel

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Dores nas costas e enfermagem

Sources of variance in exposure to postural load on the back in occupational groups.

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