Health Care System Changes and Reported Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Registered Nurses

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• Personal Author:
  Brady B ; Geiger-Brown J ; Lipscomb, Jane A. ; Trinkoff A
• Description:
  OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the impact of health care system changes on nurses' health, and we studied reported musculoskeletal disorders associated with these changes. METHODS: This cross-sectional study (n = 1163) defined a musculoskeletal disorder case as moderate pain that lasted at least 1 week or occurred monthly during the past year. Nurses were asked about changes in the health care system in the past year, and responses to 12 changes were summed and were categorized as low, moderate, or high changes. RESULTS: When the changes were summed, the adjusted odds ratios for musculoskeletal disorders for more than 6 versus 0 to 1 changes were (1) neck: 4.45 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.97, 10.08), (2) shoulder: 2.63 (95% CI = 1.17, 5.91), and (3) back: 3.42 (95% CI = 1.61, 7.27). CONCLUSIONS: The adverse impact on health caused by the changing health care system must be addressed to prevent further injuries among nurses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Health-care-personnel Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Neck-injuries Nurses Nursing Occupational-exposure Sampling Sampling-methods Worker-health
• ISSN:
  0090-0036
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  94
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029288
• Citation:
  Am J Public Health 2004 Aug; 94(8):1431-1435
• Contact Point Address:
  Alison M. Trinkoff, ScD, RN, FAAN, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, 655 W. Lombard Street, Room 625, Baltimore, MD 21201
• Email:
  lipscomb@son.umaryland.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Public Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190313/cdc_190313_DS1.pdf
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