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Low Back Injuries among Nursing Personnel: An Annotated Bibliography.

PB89186498

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	126
Abstract	The annotated bibliography has been prepared on research concerning low back injuries among nursing personnel. It included abstracts of 90 documents, including four articles that provide a synthesis of multiple studies on a particular issue, 12 state of the art reviews, and 74 articles that report original research on the topic. The studies reported were summarized in terms of five categories: type of investigation, workers studied, measurement methods, findings about suspected risk factors, and findings about programs for reducing risk. There were four major types of investigations including cross sectional surveys, longitudinal studies, laboratory experiments, and field studies. One subject area in which there was very little research was home health care nursing. Measurement methods employed included surveys or consulting employer records of injuries and compensation claims. Inconsistent results were obtained by studies on risk factors; personal factors such as age and gender were the most widely studied. Approaches for reducing the risk have included training in patient handling and/or body mechanics.
Keywords	Bibliographies Nurses Injuries Accident prevention Accident investigations Research Industrial medicine Backache Occupational safety and health Back
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 41I - Job Environment 88E - Reference Materials
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV. Div. of Safety Research.; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. School of Hygiene and Public Health.; Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. School of Hygiene and Public Health, and Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198918

Low Back Injuries among Nursing Personnel: An Annotated Bibliography.

Low Back Injuries among Nursing Personnel: An Annotated Bibliography.
PB89186498

Publication Date	1987
Page Count	126
Abstract	The annotated bibliography has been prepared on research concerning low back injuries among nursing personnel. It included abstracts of 90 documents, including four articles that provide a synthesis of multiple studies on a particular issue, 12 state of the art reviews, and 74 articles that report original research on the topic. The studies reported were summarized in terms of five categories: type of investigation, workers studied, measurement methods, findings about suspected risk factors, and findings about programs for reducing risk. There were four major types of investigations including cross sectional surveys, longitudinal studies, laboratory experiments, and field studies. One subject area in which there was very little research was home health care nursing. Measurement methods employed included surveys or consulting employer records of injuries and compensation claims. Inconsistent results were obtained by studies on risk factors; personal factors such as age and gender were the most widely studied. Approaches for reducing the risk have included training in patient handling and/or body mechanics.
Keywords	Bibliographies Nurses Injuries Accident prevention Accident investigations Research Industrial medicine Backache Occupational safety and health Back
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 94H - Industrial Safety Engineering 41I - Job Environment 88E - Reference Materials
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV. Div. of Safety Research.; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. School of Hygiene and Public Health.; Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. School of Hygiene and Public Health, and Association of Schools of Public Health, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	198918