Low back pain and associated presenteeism among hospital nursing staff

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 276-283

  d'Errico, Angelo ^a   Viotti, Sara ^b   Baratti, Alberto ^c   Mottura, Bianca ^c   Barocelli, Anna Pia ^d   Tagna, Marina ^d   Sgambelluri, Barbara ^c   Battaglino, Paolo ^c   Converso, Daniela ^b  

^a Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Department of Occupational Medicine   (Italy)

^d Department of Occupational Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ergonomics; Low back pain; Nurses; Presenteeism; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WORK;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK;

EID: 84884929666     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.12-0261-OA     Document Type: Article

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