Psychophysical Assessment of Assistive Devices for Transferring Patients/Residents

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• Personal Author:
  Collins JW ; Hobbs GR ; Hsiao HW ; Stobbe, Terrence J. ; Zhuang ZQ
• Description:
  This article reports the psychophysical assessment of nine battery-powered lifts, a sliding board, a walking belt, and a baseline manual method for transferring nursing home patients/residents from a bed to a chair. A separate article reports the biomechanical evaluation of the same task and devices. The objectives of the psychophysical assessment were to investigate the effects of resident-transferring methods on the psychophysical stress to nursing assistants performing the transferring task, and to identify transfer methods that could reduce the psychophysical stress reported by nursing assistants. Nine nursing assistants served as test subjects. Two elderly persons participated as residents. The results indicated that the psychophysical stresses on nursing assistants were significantly lower when performing resident transfers with some of the assistive devices than when performing transfers with the baseline manual transfer method. The nursing assistants generally preferred the basket-sling lift and stand-up lift to other methods. The residents' comfort and security ratings indicated the comfort and security with most of the assistive devices were greater than or equal to the baseline manual method. Most of the comments of the nursing assistants and residents on the assistive devices were favourable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Health Personnel Mental Health Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Patient-handling Devices Back Injury Biomechanical-engineering Biomechanics Musculoskeletal-system Nursing Psychological-factors Psychomotor-function Psychophysical Assessment Psychophysiology
• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  35-44
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032855
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2000 Jan; 31(1):35-44
• Contact Point Address:
  ZQ Zhuang, NIOSH, US DHHS, PHS, Center for Disease Control & Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bd918ae6badb84287d9562a5db73622738bb8e7ba2dd05a70dc817df43635a5a8e8bcdee323f0643b9c24538b4f9654a2822b285b100215e67015b80a38bd92e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186668/cdc_186668_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 361.56 KB ]