• Work · Jan 2012

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    Low back injuries related to nursing professionals working conditions: a systematic review.

    • Roberta Schlossmacher and Fernando Gonçalves Amaral.
    • Production Engineering on UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil. fisio.robertas@gmail.com
    • Work. 2012 Jan 1;41 Suppl 1:5737-8.

    ObjectiveIdentify the prevalence of low back disorders and associated risks, as well as the characteristics and ergonomic factors present in the work of nursing professionals.MethodsSystematic review based on the search of terms such as low back pain, professionals, hospital ergonomics, work organization, nursing found in national and international databases.ResultsThe prevalence of low back pain symptoms was between 14.7% and 72% and the main cause, that is, the transference of the patient from bed to chair, leaded to the profession abandonment as a main consequence.Conclusionit was possible to conclude that the prevalence of low back injury is high among nursing professionals and its causes are related to occupational factors - physical or psychological, which are in many cases permanent and disabling.

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