TY - GEN
T1 - Hospital physical demands and non-specific low back pain
AU - Serranheira, Florentino
AU - Sousa-Uva, Mafalda
AU - Heranz, F.
AU - Kovacs, F.
AU - Sacadura-Leite, Ema
AU - Sousa-Uva, António
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Hospital low back pain (LBP) is a common cause of Occupational Health Department appointments. Physical demanding tasks at hospitals frequently give rise and/or worsen preventable occupational LBP episodes. 153 healthcare workers filled out a questionnaire gathering data on socio-demographic, work-related characteristics, general health, and LBP (LBP episodes in the last 12 months, pain severity, disability, and other occupational factors (DMQ)). Among these healthcare workers, 34% reported physical demanding jobs with a low physical intensity and 27% a moderate/highly physically demanding job. Results showed that, after adjusting for gender, two variables were associated with a decreased odds of having 3–6 LBP episodes per year; “sedentary work” (vs “work with high physical demands”) (OR = 0.18; 95%CI 0.04–0.88), and “work with light or moderate physical demands” (vs “work with high physical demands”) (OR = 0.20; 95%CI 0.06–0.67). These findings suggest that moderate physical demands at work and sedentary work, are associated with a lower frequency of LBP episodes.
AB - Hospital low back pain (LBP) is a common cause of Occupational Health Department appointments. Physical demanding tasks at hospitals frequently give rise and/or worsen preventable occupational LBP episodes. 153 healthcare workers filled out a questionnaire gathering data on socio-demographic, work-related characteristics, general health, and LBP (LBP episodes in the last 12 months, pain severity, disability, and other occupational factors (DMQ)). Among these healthcare workers, 34% reported physical demanding jobs with a low physical intensity and 27% a moderate/highly physically demanding job. Results showed that, after adjusting for gender, two variables were associated with a decreased odds of having 3–6 LBP episodes per year; “sedentary work” (vs “work with high physical demands”) (OR = 0.18; 95%CI 0.04–0.88), and “work with light or moderate physical demands” (vs “work with high physical demands”) (OR = 0.20; 95%CI 0.06–0.67). These findings suggest that moderate physical demands at work and sedentary work, are associated with a lower frequency of LBP episodes.
KW - Ergonomics
KW - Occupational health
KW - Patient safety
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068613067&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-24067-7_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-24067-7_7
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85068613067
SN - 9783030240660
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 56
EP - 62
BT - Health and social care systems of the future
A2 - Cotrim, Teresa Patrone
A2 - Serranheira, Florentino
A2 - Sousa, Paulo
A2 - Hignett, Sue
A2 - Albolino, Sara
A2 - Tartaglia, Riccardo
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Conference on Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, HEPS 2019
Y2 - 3 July 2019 through 5 July 2019
ER -