| Autor: |
Bagheri Hosseinabadi M; MSC of Occupational Health Engineering, Department of occupational health, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran., Zandi N; BSC of Occupational Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran., Sartavi N; BSC of Occupational Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran., Aliyari R; PhD, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Ophthalmic Epidemiology Research Center, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran., Sadeghian F; PhD, Assistant Professor of Occupational Health Engineering, Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran. |
| Abstrakt: |
The study aim was to determine the risk of Manual patient handling (MPH) in Shahroud public hospitals, Iran. A cross-sectional study was performed in Imam Hossein (IHospital) and Bahar (BHospital) with 21 wards. MPH risk assessment was performed using MAPO (Movement and Assistance of Hospital Patient) index. The ratio of operator to disabled patient (NC/Op and PC/Op), lifting, minor aid, wheelchair, environmental, and training factor are evaluated to calculate MAPO index. Among studied wards 57%, 33.3%, and 9.5%, respectively, were in the high, moderate, and low risk exposure level. The maximum MAPO score were 16.7 in CCU of IHospital. Emergency ward of BHospital had the highest score of 9.8 and PC/OP ratio 17.5. The most risk factors were minor aid (90.5%), lifting factor (71.4%), and PC/OP (66.7%). Immediate ergonomic action is recommended. |
