Abstract
Back injury among nursing personnel engaged in direct patient care in the hospital setting has been shown to be a primary occupational health concern. The primary agent of back injuries among nurses has been reported to be the moving of patients. This descriptive, cross sectional survey examined the prevalence of prescribed lifting behavior among registered nurses and the relationship between the behavior and nurse's self report of back injury and back pain. Further, using Suchman's epidemiologic framework, characteristics of the nurse, the patient, and the immediate environment were also ascertained to identify possible antecedents to the behavior.
Sigma Membership
Epsilon Sigma at-Large
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Observational
Research Approach
Pilot/Exploratory Study
Keywords:
Back Injuries, Injury Prevention Training, Nurses
Advisor
Jane Parker
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Illinois Chicago
Degree Year
1986
Recommended Citation
Wachs, Joy E., "Lifting behavior, back pain, and back injury among registered nurses in the hospital setting" (2019). Dissertations. 690.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/690
Rights Holder
All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.
All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.
All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.
Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2019-03-26
Full Text of Presentation
wf_yes
Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 8622094; ProQuest document ID: 303573216. The author still retains copyright.