Job characteristics and work organization factors associated with patient-handling injury among nursing personnel

Work

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Schoenfisch, Ashley L ^a   Lipscomb, Hester J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Job strain; Log binomial regression; Musculoskeletal injury; Nurses; Nurses' aides; Patient handling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67650869314     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0847     Document Type: Article

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