Effectiveness of re-education based on appropriate care methods using welfare equipment on the prevention of low back pain among care workers: a 1.5 year follow-up study
| Autor: | Xinxin Liu, Kazuyuki Iwakiri, Kiyoshi Ichikawa, Masaya Takahashi, Midori Sotoyama, Shigeki Koda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Health Personnel Welfare equipment Low back pain (LBP) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Japan Intervention (counseling) Medicine Homes for the Aged Humans Occupational Health media_common Moving and Lifting Patients business.industry Intervention study Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Equipment Design Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Intervention studies Low back pain Re education Nursing Homes Occupational Diseases Care workers Family medicine Care work Original Article Female Care worker Ergonomics medicine.symptom business Welfare Low Back Pain 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Re-education Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Industrial Health |
| ISSN: | 1880-8026 0019-8366 |
| Popis: | Many care workers at elderly care facilities in Japan suffer occupational low back pain (LBP) despite the utilization of welfare equipment. When introducing welfare equipment such as hoists and sliding boards, education on appropriate care methods using welfare equipment is usually conducted, but the effect of education diminishes with time. This intervention study aimed to examine the effect of re-education on appropriate care methods using welfare equipment on the prevention of care workers' LBP at an elderly care facility. At the intervention facility, 49 care workers were enrolled in ergonomic education program for 1.5 yr in order to improve care methods using welfare equipment. At the non-intervention facility, 33 care workers were not enrolled in the program. Rates of severe LBP were not significantly different between the facilities. However, during the study period, the rate of severe LBP among care workers did not increase at the intervention facility, while it doubled among care workers at the non-intervention facility. The care workers at the intervention facility showed improvement in care methods using welfare equipment during the study period. Hence, we think that re-education regarding appropriate care methods using welfare equipment has the potential to prevent exacerbation of LBP. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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