Work : a journal of prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation
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Occupational stress has been a health-related issue among nurses for many decades. Emergency department nurses are frequently confronted with occupational stress in their workplace; in particular, they encounter stressful situations and unpredictable events. These encounters could make them feel more stressed than nurses in other departments. Research considering occupational stress from the perspective of Thai emergency department nurses is limited. ⋯ The results of this study can be used by hospital management to help them adopt effective strategies, such as support programs involving co-workers/supervisors, to decrease occupational stress among emergency department nurses. Future research that explores each of the themes found in this study could offer a more comprehensive understanding of nurses' occupational stress in the emergency department.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of the lumbar flexion angle and repositioning error during lumbar flexion-extension in young computer workers in Korea with differing back pain.
Differences in LBP symptoms are particularly important with regard to the controversy over repositioning error because there can be considerable variation in the pattern of LBP symptoms in a heterogeneous LBP group. For this reason, several researchers have suggested that a study of subdivided LBP types is needed. Indeed, some recent studies have attempted to differentiate LBP subgroups. ⋯ This study suggests that lumbar hyper-mobility occurred and proprioception of the lumbar segment was decreased in people with LBP associated with lumbar flexion compared with people with LBP associated with lumbar extension. We also suggest that a lumbar repositioning error measurement using the lumbar flexion-extension test may be a more effective evaluation method in people with LBP associated with lumbar flexion than in those with LBP associated with lumbar extension.
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Little research is available on low back biomechanical stresses that obese and overweight workers experience from manual load lifting. ⋯ In light of previous research on spine, bone and obesity, the study results seem to suggest that severely obese individuals are likely at an increased risk of lifting-related low back pain compared with normal weight individuals.
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Sedentary work is associated with many adverse health outcomes, and sit-stand workstations in offices have emerged as a way to counteract sedentary work. ⋯ Based on these preliminary data from 26 studies, conducting large scale randomized controlled trials with ergonomic training as their essential component is recommended to understand the benefits of sit-stand workstations for prevention of sedentary work.
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Only few longitudinal studies have explored separately predictors of pain incidence and persistence. ⋯ Our study provides only limited evidence that risk factors predicting new ULP differ from those predicting its persistence.