The accident process preceding overexertion back injuries in nursing personnel

Low Back Pain, Disability and Quality of Life in Nursing Personnel: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background and Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a world health problem and a major cause of disability. Also, LBP is a major occupational problem among nursing staff. The study is to determine low back pain, disability, quality of life (QOL) and the associations between LBP with job-related risk factors and dimensions of QOL in nurses. Materials and Methods:  In this study cross-sectional descr...

[Reanimation in accident injuries].

Prediction of overexertion injuries using biomechanical and psychophysical models.

This paper summarizes a three year epidemiological study conducted in five large industrial plants in order to evaluate the validity of two alternative modeling approaches to overexertion injury prediction. Detailed biomechanical and psychophysical job evaluations were performed for 55 industrial jobs comprised of 2934 potentially stressful manual materials handling tasks. The medical experienc...

Moral distress in nursing personnel.

OBJECTIVE to analyze the frequency and intensity of moral distress experienced by nursing personnel in southern Brazil, covering elements of their professional practice. METHOD a survey was undertaken in two hospitals in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with 247 nurses. Data was collected by means of the adapted Moral Distress Scale. RESULTS the perception of situations that lead to moral distres...

[Random sample examination of 500 accident injuries using the new accident injuries using the new accident- documentation and treatment card].