National Estimates of Home Care Workers Nonfatal Emergency Department–Treated Injuries, United States 2015–2020

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Derk, Susan J. ; Hendricks, Kitty J. ; Hartley, Dan
• Description:
  Objective: ; Home care workers (HCWs) are a critical resource contributing to the well-being of others. Presented are data on HCWs nonfatal emergency department (ED)–treated injuries. ; Methods: ; Nonfatal injuries among HCWs were extracted from the NEISS-Work data between 2015 and 2020. ; Results: ; Review of NEISS-Work data indicated 117,000 HCWs with nonfatal ED-treated injuries; female HCWs accounted for 93%. Overexertion and bodily reactions accounted for 52% of the injuries. Violence and other injuries by persons or animals accounted for 15% and falls, slips, and trips also accounted for 15% of the HCWs ED-treated injuries. ; Conclusions: ; The growing demand for home care services is increasing the number of workers at risk for injury. Future analyses should prioritize injury events among HCWs to gain a better understanding of the events contributing to injuries among HCWs.
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Female
  • United States
  • Population Surveillance
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Fatigue
  • Home Care Services
  • Home Health Aides
  • Wounds and Injuries
• Keywords:
  • health care
  • home health aides
  • personal care aides
  • injury
  • work
  • surveillance
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 66(1):e26-e31
• Pubmed ID:
  37853688
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11287477
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/159479/cdc_159479_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 171.34 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
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