Predictors of low back pain in nursing home workers after implementation of a safe resident handling programme

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 389-395

  Gold, Judith E ^a   Punnett, Laura ^b   Gore, Rebecca J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; healthcare workers; intervention, moving and lifting patients; protective devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFE RESIDENT HANDLING PROGRAM; SELF REPORT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT LIFTING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84995486587     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103930     Document Type: Article

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