The Relationship between the Nurses' Low Back Load and the Height of the Bed during Patient Transfer

Abstract

perform manual transfer of patients lying on low height beds. Nurses' risk of musculoskeletal disorders is remaining to be high. In this study, Fc was chosen as the indicator of low back loads. The aim of this study was to verify the amount of Fc during patient transfer. In addition, the comparison of Fc between different bed heights and relationship between Fc and bed heights were verified. Although there are many kinds of nursing care given to patients lying on bed, the transfer in which a nurse moves the patient to the upper side of the bed was chosen for this study. This is because this transfer is a single action and the distance between nurse and patient is constant for the most of the movement, which makes it simpler to analyze. In addition, this transfer is a moderate form of transferring care that is practiced to various types of patients. Because of these reasons, this transfer was chosen for this study. 2 Methods 2-1 Participants Twelve healthy women who have been working in a hospital as a nurse for more than one year were recruited to participate in this study. The following requirements were added 1 the nurse attended a lecture about body mechanics and workspace layout in nursing school before being employed as a nurse, and 2 she has no symptoms of any musculoskeletal disorders that might affect her daily work. 2-2 Equipments All participants wore identical black T-shirts, half pants, high-socks, and sandals. Sandals were chosen because Short communication The Relationship between the Nurses' Low Back Load and the Height of the Bed during Patient Transfer, by Tomoko TAMARU, Yoko ASO, Aki IBE, Yoko HONDA & Hiroko ARAOKA.

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