Inter-rater reliability of PATH observations for assessment of ergonomic risk factors in hospital work

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 820-829

  Park, Jung Keun ^a,b   Boyer, Jon ^b   Tessler, Jamie ^b   Casey, Jeffrey ^b,c   Schemm, Linda ^b   Gore, Rebecca ^b   Punnett, Laura ^b  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ergonomic risk factor; Hospital work; Inter rater reliability; PATH method

Indexed keywords

INTER-RATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRAIN; PATH METHOD; REAL-TIME OBSERVATION; RELIABILITY OF EXPERTS; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

HOSPITALS; JOB ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67649574917     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802641585     Document Type: Article

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