Musculoskeletal pain and night-shift naps in nursing home care workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Iwakiri, Kazuyuki ^a   Sotoyama, Midori ^a   Hirata, Mamoru ^a   Hisanaga, Naomi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^b AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Care workers; Musculoskeletal disorders; Night shift nap; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NIGHT SLEEP; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHIFT WORKER; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549123132     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp029     Document Type: Article

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