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Low back injuries related to nursing professionals working conditions: a systematic review
Roberta Schlossmacher1, Fernando Gonçalves Amaral
1Production Engineering on UFRGS, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil. fisio.robertas@gmail.com
Objective:
Identify the prevalence of low back disorders and associated risks, as well as the characteristics and ergonomic factors present in the work of nursing professionals.
Methods:
Systematic review based on the search of terms such as low back pain, professionals, hospital ergonomics, work organization, nursing found in national and international databases.
Results:
The prevalence of low back pain symptoms was between 14.7% and 72% and the main cause, that is, the transference of the patient from bed to chair, leaded to the profession abandonment as a main consequence.
Conclusion:
it was possible to conclude that the prevalence of low back injury is high among nursing professionals and its causes are related to occupational factors - physical or psychological, which are in many cases permanent and disabling.
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