Overall studies showed that nursing activities conferred increased risk for , and were associated with back disorders regardless of nursing technique , personal characteristics , and non-work-related factors .
Patient h and ling appears to confer the highest risk , but other nursing duties are also associated with elevated risk , and confound dose – response assessment s related to patient h and ling alone .
A threshold of nursing activities below which the risk of back disorders is not elevated has not been established .
Abstract Background : Although non-specific low back pain ( LBP ) is known to be multifactorial , studies from across the globe have documented their higher prevalence in nurses .
This systematic review was conducted to ascertain whether this much-documented association constitutes a causal relationship , and whether there is a discernible threshold of exposures associated with this elevated risk .
The role of physical workload and pain related fear in the development of low back pain in young workers: evidence from the BelCoBack Study; results after one year of follow up
Aims : To study the influence of work related physical and psychosocial factors and individual characteristics on the occurrence of  low back pain among young and pain free workers . Methods : The Belgian Cohort Back Study was design ed as a prospect i ve cohort study . The study population of this paper consisted of 716 young healthcare or distribution workers without low back pain lasting seven or more consecutive days during the year before inclusion . The median age was 26 years with an interquartile range between 24 and 29 years . At baseline , these workers filled in a question naire with physical exposures , work related psychosocial factors and individual characteristics . One year later , the occurrence of low back pain lasting seven or more consecutive days and some of its characteristics were registered by means of a question naire . To assess the respective role of predictors at baseline on the occurrence of low back pain in the following year , Cox regression with a constant risk period for all subjects was applied . Results : After one year of follow up , 12.6 % ( 95 % CI 10.1 to 15.0 ) of the 716 workers had developed low back pain lasting seven or more consecutive days . An increased risk was observed for working with the trunk in a bent and twisted position for more than two hours a day ( RR 2.2 , 95 % CI 1.2 to 4.1 ) , inability to change posture regularly ( RR 2.1 , 95 % CI 1.3 to 3.5 ) , back complaints in the year before inclusion ( RR 1.7 , 95 % CI 1.1 to 2.8 ) , and high scores of pain related fear ( RR 1.8 , 95 % CI 1.0 to 3.1 ) . Work related psychosocial factors and physical factors during leisure time were not predictive . Conclusion : This study highlighted the importance of physical work factors and revealed the importance of high scores of pain related fear in the development of low back pain among young workers
Overall studies showed that nursing activities conferred increased risk for , and were associated with back disorders regardless of nursing technique , personal characteristics , and non-work-related factors .
Patient h and ling appears to confer the highest risk , but other nursing duties are also associated with elevated risk , and confound dose – response assessment s related to patient h and ling alone .
A threshold of nursing activities below which the risk of back disorders is not elevated has not been established .
Abstract Background : Although non-specific low back pain ( LBP ) is known to be multifactorial , studies from across the globe have documented their higher prevalence in nurses .
This systematic review was conducted to ascertain whether this much-documented association constitutes a causal relationship , and whether there is a discernible threshold of exposures associated with this elevated risk .