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 .
Flexion and Rotation of the Trunk and Lifting at Work Are Risk Factors for Low Back Pain: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study
Study Design . A 3-year prospect i ve cohort study among workers of 34 companies in the Netherl and s. Objectives . To investigate the relation between flexion and rotation of the trunk and lifting at work and the occurrence of low back pain . Summary of Background Data . Previous studies on work-related physical risk factors for low back pain either lacked quantification of the physical load or did not take confounding by individual and psychosocial factors into account . Methods . The study population consisted of 861 workers with no low back pain at baseline and complete data on the occurrence of low back pain during the 3-year follow-up period . Physical load at work was assessed by means of analyses of video-recordings . Information on other risk factors and the occurrence of low back pain was obtained by means of self-administered question naires . Results . An increased risk of low back pain was observed for workers who worked with the trunk in a minimum of 60 ° of flexion for more than 5 % of the working time ( RR 1.5 , 95 % CI 1.0–2.1 ) , for workers who worked with the trunk in a minimum of 30 ° of rotation for more than 10 % of the working time ( RR 1.3 , 95 % CI 0.9–1.9 ) , and for workers who lifted a load of at least 25 kg more than 15 times per working day ( RR 1.6 , 95 % CI 1.1–2.3 ) . Conclusions . Flexion and rotation of the trunk and lifting at work are moderate risk factors for low back pain , especially at greater levels of exposure
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 .