Work technique of nurses in patient transfer tasks and associations with personal factors
Author(s) -
Katarina Kjellberg,
Monica Lagerström,
Mats Hagberg
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.755
Subject(s) - work (physics) , wheelchair , association (psychology) , transfer (computing) , medicine , nursing , psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , parallel computing , world wide web , engineering , psychotherapist
Back disorders among nursing personnel are associated with the worktask of assisting patients during transfers. The objectives of the study were to explore the work technique applied by nursing personnel in patient transfer tasks and to determine whether different personal factors were associated with work technique safety.
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