Do assistive devices, training, and workload affect injury incidence? Prevention efforts by nursing homes and back injuries among nursing assistants

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 836-845

  D'Arcy, Laura P ^a   Sasai, Yasuko ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Health services research; Musculoskeletal; Nursing home care; Workforce issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT LIFTING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BACK INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84858284735     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05785.x     Document Type: Article

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