Determinants associated with the incidence of occupational accidents among visiting nurses from home‐visit nursing agencies: Secondary analysis of cross‐national survey data in Japan

Autor: Masayo Kashiwagi, Noriko Morioka
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 22:588-596
ISSN: 1447-0594
1444-1586
Popis: This study aimed to determine the incidence of occupational accidents among home-visiting nurses from home-visit nursing agencies and relevant factors.Data from a questionnaire survey, conducted in March 2020, concerning home-visit nursing agencies were used as a secondary source. A total of 9979 agencies were surveyed. The questionnaires included items relating to the number of occupational accidents experienced by visiting nurses that occurred during a 3-month period. The occurrence of accidents in an agency was set as a dependent variable, and logistic regression analysis was performed on its association with agency attributes. For agencies in which accidents occurred, the number of accidents per 10 full-time-equivalent nurses was estimated, and multiple regression analysis was administered to investigate its association with agency attributes.The findings of the logistic regression analysis revealed that new agencies, a greater number of full-time-equivalent nurses, emergency visitation support, and performing an analysis of accident cases for accident prevention were significantly associated with the occurrence of accidents. A median of 3.3 accidents occurred per 10 full-time-equivalent nurses at such agencies. Multiple regression analysis showed that a lower number of full-time-equivalent nurses was significantly associated with an increase in the frequency of accidents.These results suggest that to devise and deploy safety measures for visiting nurses, all home-visit nursing agencies must build reporting and analysis systems for occupational accidents among home-visiting nurses. Moreover, ensuring safety measures for nurses working in small-scale agencies is of utmost importance. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; 22: 588-596.
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