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Document ID (ISN)109804
CIS number 09-960
ISSN - Serial title 0003-6870 - Applied Ergonomics
Year 2009
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Warming S., Precht D.H., Suadicani P., Ebbehøj N.E.
Title Musculoskeletal complaints among nurses related to patient handling tasks and psychosocial factors - Based on logbook registrations
Bibliographic information July 2009, Vol.40, No.4, p.569-576. Illus. 46 ref.
Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of self-recording musculoskeletal symptoms, patient handling tasks and psychosocial factors by nurses as a means of understanding the complex interaction between these factors. Logbooks were filled for three consecutive days by 148 nurses at a university hospital in Denmark, recording the incidence of low back pain (LBP), neck/shoulder pain (NSP), knee pain (KP), psychosocial factors (time pressure, stress, conscience of the quality of work) and patient transfers and care tasks. The numbers of nurses reporting musculoskeletal symptoms and the level of pain increased significantly during the three working days and decreased on the day off. Stress and transfer tasks were associated to low back pain and transfer tasks with knee pain. Results show that logbooks can be a useful means of understanding the complex interaction between working conditions and musculoskeletal symptoms.
Descriptors (primary) Denmark; symptoms; musculoskeletal diseases; risk factors; manual handling; hospitals; nursing personnel; psychology of work organization
Descriptors (secondary) manual lifting; reliability; description of technique; backache; knee lesions; cervicobrachial syndrome
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceDenmark
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Materials handling and storage
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Physiology, ergonomics
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Health care services
Psychology of work organization
Psychological factors