Knee Pain in Nursing Home Workers After Implementation of a Safe Resident Handling Program

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• Personal Author:
  Gold JE ; Gore RJ ; Kurowski A ; Punnett, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  ProCare Research Team
• Description:
  Purpose: Approximately 25-30% of nursing personnel experience knee pain (KP). We sought to identify physical and psychosocial work exposures, and personal factors related to prevalent, incident, and persistent KP 5-8 years after safe resident handing program (SRHP) implementation in nursing homes. Methods: Health and exposure information was obtained from worker surveys 5-6 years ("F5") and 7-8 years ("F6") post-SRHP implementation. Prevalent KP correlates were examined at F5; persistent and incident KP predictors were analyzed at F6, utilizing robust Poisson multivariable regression. Results: F5 KP prevalence (19.7%) was associated with combined physical exposures, and with either high job strain or low social support, in separate models. Two-year persistent KP was similarly associated with these psychosocial exposures. Being overweight was associated with KP in all analyses. Conclusions: The SRHP program did not eliminate knee physical loading, which should be reduced to prevent nursing home worker KP. Workplace psychosocial exposures (high job strain, low social support) also appeared germane. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Home Care Services Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Healthcare Workers Home Health Care Job Strain Job Stress Knee Disorders Knee Injuries Lifting Lower Extremity Moving And Lifting Patients Nurses Patient Handling Psychosocial Factors Total Worker Health TWH Workload

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052831
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2018 Oct; 61(10):849-860
• Contact Point Address:
  Judith E. Gold, Gold Standard Research Consulting, 830 Montgomery Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
• Email:
  judithEGold@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety ; Healthcare and Social Assistance
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20210831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a88930c1717037a701a3ad486961bd709dbf8c20116195d3ca97271f93ea141a0bc394543fc53e4e2e32fd4452e82f7e9e71470a3df43de558976e81e909f774
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212297/cdc_212297_DS1.pdf
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