Low back injuries among home health aides compared with hospital nursing aides

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• Personal Author:
  Jensen RC ; Myers A ; Nestor D ; Rattiner J
• Description:
  A study was conducted on the incidence of low back injuries during a 3 year period among hospital workers and home health aides. Data on the occurrence of low back injuries among nurses' aides at a large medical center and home health aides employed by two large agencies during the years 1984 and 1986 were collected and compared. Nurses' aides reported 35 instances of low back injuries and 56 were reported by the home health aides. A significant difference was seen between the annual rates of low back injuries with 15.4/100 full time employees (FTE) seen for home health aides compared with 5.9/100FTE seen for nurses aides. The performance of planned care or regular activities was involved in 66% of the injuries. No lifting equipment was used during 75% and 80% of the activities that resulted in back injuries to nurses' aides and home health aides, respectively. About 70% of the injuries in both groups occurred during the performance of patient related activities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Health-care-personnel Manual-lifting Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Cooperative-Agreement NIOSH-Publication Nursing
• ISSN:
  0162-1424
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  149-155
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00222409
• Citation:
  Home Health Care Serv Q 1993 Jan; 14(2/3):149-155
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Home Health Care Services Quarterly
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5afb7aa1582a77f67f655b746fde9dad73c89f74c5c30ac3f01d3ac8506f3dd8edc789312852f988d8e7470c6bcae360447612d6c14ecf6ee630a329d1b2db6f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/205046/cdc_205046_DS1.pdf
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