tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: " Back disorders and lumbar load in nursing staff in geriatric care: a comparison of home-based care and nursing homes"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài:Back disorders and lumbar load in nursing staff in geriatric care: a comparison of home-based care and nursing homes | Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology BioMed Central Research Back disorders and lumbar load in nursing staff in geriatric care a comparison of home-based care and nursing homes Kathrin Kromark 1 Madeleine Dulon1 Barbara-Beate Beck2 and Albert Nienhaus1 Open Access Address 1Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services Pappellallee 35 37 22089 Hamburg Germany and 2Forum fBB Moranenweg 7 22143 Hamburg Germany Email Kathrin Kromark - Madeleine Dulon - Barbara- Beate Beck - Albert Nienhaus - Corresponding author Published 10 December 2009 Received 7 July 2009 rr. . . . I- À Accepted 10 December 2009 Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2009 4 33 doi 1745-6673-4-33 This article is available from http content 4 1 33 2009 Kromark et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Back pain is one of the most frequent complaints in the nursing profession. Thus the 12-month prevalence of pain in the lumbar spine in nursing staff is as high as 76 . Only a few representative studies have assessed the prevalence rates of back pain and its risk factors among nursing staff in nursing homes in comparison to staff in home-based care facilities. The present study accordingly investigates the prevalence in the lumbar and cervical spine and determines the physical workload to lifting and caring in geriatric care. Methods 1390 health care workers in nursing homes and home care participated in this cross sectional survey. The nursing staff members were examined by occupational physicians according to the .