Associations of self estimated workloads with musculoskeletal symptoms among hospital nurses

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-216

  Ando, Shoko ^a   Ono, Yuichiro ^b   Shimaoka, Midori ^a   Hiruta, Shuichi ^a   Hattori, Yoji ^c   Hori, Fumiko ^d   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Gifu College of Medical Technology   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal pain; Nurses; Workloads

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0034024876     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.3.211     Document Type: Article

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