Prospective cohort study of predictors of incident low back pain in nurses

Abstract

Objective: To assess the impact of handling patients and indicators of individual susceptibility on risk of low back pain in nurses. Design: Prospective cohort study with follow up by repeated self administered questionnaires every three months over two years. Setting: NHS university hospitals trust. Subjects: 961 female nurses who had been free from low back pain for at least one month at the time of completing a baseline questionnaire. Main outcome measures: Incidence of new low back pain during follow up and of pain leading to absence from work.

Incidence of nonspecific and radiating low back pain: followup of 24–39‐year‐old adults of the Young Finns Study

“…A systematic review (32) showed that the prevalence of mild back pain decreases, whereas that of severe or disabling back pain increases, with age. Some studies have found an increase in the incidence of low back pain with age (13,15), whereas others have not (7,8,10). Having differentiated between nonspecific and radiating pain as well as between moderate and major pain, we found that the incidence of major nonspecific low back pain decreases, whereas that of radiating low back pain increases, with age.…”

“…Previous studies have reported inconsistent results regarding the role of age (7,8,10,13,15) and sex (8,9,13) in low back pain. There is some evidence suggesting that nonspecific and radiating low back pain have different risk factors (16,17).…”

“…The 1-year incidence of low back pain for Ն1 day has ranged between 13% and 38% (7)(8)(9)(10), and that of chronic back pain has ranged between 4% and 14% (11,12). Moreover, 21% of a working population reported incident low back pain for Ͼ7 days (13), and 25% were bothered by low back pain at least to some extent (14).…”

Desenvolvimento de um instrumento para avaliar a movimentação e transferência de clientes: um enfoque ergonômico

“…Os trabalhadores de enfermagem apresentam uma ocorrência elevada de dor lombar, quando comparados a outros grupos de profissionais (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) Vários autores relatam determinados fatores de risco entre esses trabalhadores, para a dor lombar como: trabalho repetitivo (8 ' 9) ; movimentação e transferência de pacientes (10,11); espaço de trabalho restrito (12'13); falta de treinamento para o uso de equipamentos (14) ; técnicas e práticas de levantamento impróprias (14'15) ; posturas inadequadas (8,13,16); uniformes incorretos; inaptidão física do funcionário (14,17); insatisfação no trabalho (14) e o esforço físico (1) .…”

Crisis: what crisis?

“…One possible explanation for this is that there are additional consultations for certification purposes. Individuals of lower social class [19] and those who are less happy in their work [1] or have low mood [15] are more likely to be absent from work because of their back pain. The increase in IB payments has been greater for women than for men (390% vs 225%).…”