Nurses are a risk group for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). Several studies reveal that nurses have high prevalence rates of injuries and symptoms related to WMSDs. However, many of these studies focus mostly on hospital nurses. Worldwide, few studies include home care nurses.
Providing home care is a risk factor for the onset of lumbar complaints in nurses that also work in Health Centres. These professionals have about a three times higher chance of having lumbar complaints when compared to their colleagues that work only in Health Centres and do not provide home care nursing.
The statistical model obtained in this study includes seven factors that may contribute to the appearance, or absence, of lumbar complaints in home care nurses. The seven risk factors are: forearm posture, static postures, arm posture, arm supported, bed height, job satisfaction, and assistive devices for moving/transferring patients.
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