Back pain prevalence in nursing personnel: Measurement issues

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2004

Publication Title

AAOHN Journal

Volume

52

Issue

2

First page number:

54

Last page number:

65

Abstract

Workplace injuries, primarily musculoskeletal disorders, are a persistent problem for nursing personnel as evidenced by the large number of lost work time cases among registered nurses (RNs) and nursing aides (NAs) reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) (U.S. Department of Labor [US DOL], BLS, 2001). However, musculoskeletal injury reports obtained from data collected for purposes other than population surveillance may not be the best indicator of the extent of this problem. Symptoms surveys not only more accurately describe the epidemiology of this problem, but also hold promise as outcome tools in ergonomic intervention studies.

Keywords

Back – Wounds and injuries; Backache; Nurses; Overuse injuries

Disciplines

Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing | Other Nursing | Public Health and Community Nursing

Language

English

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