Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff in hospitals, nursing homes and home care in seven countries-results from the European NEXT-Study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-34

  Simon, Michael ^a   Tackenberg, Peter ^a   Nienhaus, Albert ^b   Estryn Behar, Madeleine ^c   Maurice Conway, Paul ^d   Hasselhorn, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Berufsgenossenschaft fur Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege BGW   (Germany)

^c ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pain; Belgium; Disability; Effort reward imbalance; France; Germany; Home care; Hospital; International comparison; Italy; Neck pain; Nursing homes; Nursing staff; Poland; Slovakia; Stress; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NURSING HOME; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36549011850     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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