OCCUPATIONAL LOW-BACK-PAIN IN HOSPITAL NURSES
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 27 (7), 518-524
Abstract
A survey of hospital staff nurses of a large tertiary care hospital was performed to investigate occupational low-back pain. Attack rates of 41% (37% occupational) and 52% (occupational) were found using recall periods of 2 wk and 6 mo., respectively. Comparison with a control group suggests the validity of the work-relatedness of low-back pain in nurses. Factors associated with the disorder were also investigated, with results showing no differences due to nursing division assignment but significant association with specific tasks.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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