Factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors among critical care nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 886-897

  Lee, Soo Jeong ^a   Faucett, Julia ^a   Gillen, Marion ^a   Krause, Niklas ^b   Landry, Lynette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Job stress; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nurses; Overcommitment; Patient handling; Risk perception; Safe work behavior; Safety climate; Social support; Work shift

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT LIFTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956160423     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20843     Document Type: Article

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