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Safe Patient Handling Behaviors and Lift Use Among Hospital Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study



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    Purpose: Patient handling is well known for the risk of musculoskeletal injury. Safe work practices are important to reduce risk of injury while performing patient handling tasks. This study investigated factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors and lift use among hospital nurses in the United States. Methods: This study analyzed cross-sectional survey data from a statewide random sample of 221 hospital nurses in California who had patient handling duties. Safe patient handling behaviors and lift use were examined for the relationships with demographic characteristics, organizational safety practices, physical and psychosocial job factors, musculoskeletal symptoms, and perceptions about lift use and risk of injury. Results: In multivariable logistic regression, high safe patient handling behaviors were significantly associated with a positive organizational safety climate (Odds Ratio [OR] = 2.76, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] 1.51-5.03), people-oriented culture (OR = 2.59, 95% CI 1.45-4.62), and ergonomic practices (OR = 1.67, 95% CI 1.04-2.67). High lift use (>50% of the time when needed) were significantly associated with high lift availability (OR = 3.1, 95% CI 1.06-9.01) and positive perceptions about lift use (OR = 3.48, 95% CI 1.63-7.44). In bivariate analysis, high safe patient handling behaviors were associated with shorter height, non-White race, lower physical workload, lower job strain, higher job satisfaction, and less musculoskeletal symptoms. Conclusions: The study findings underscore the importance of organizational safety practices and culture to promote safe work practices for patient handling injury prevention. Also, making lift equipment readily available and improving positive perceptions and experiences about lifts can be crucial to ensure the use of lift equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0020-7489
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    53-60
  • Volume:
    74
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20055924
  • Citation:
    Int J Nurs Stud 2017 Sep; 74:53-60
  • Contact Point Address:
    Soo-Jeong Lee, Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, 2 Koret Way, Suite N505, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA
  • Email:
    soo-jeong.lee@ucsf.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2017
  • Performing Organization:
    University of California Los Angeles
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    International Journal of Nursing Studies
  • End Date:
    20270630
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    urn:sha-512:c1bd63c4d38182834daf42524d25d187a5a41cf1e0f16ad02cd07e2d471b79c2fbf4b91d03bede516e82d736dfbda8ede4765089560e5be39ff05c7e3039417f
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