确定加拿大个人支持工作者所执行的身体要求很高的关键任务
Daphne C Ho1, Dianne Tolgyesi2, Cheryl Beech2
1Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Applied ergonomics
|June 15, 2023
概括
个人支持工作者 (PSWs) 面临高伤害风险,因为要求任务,如病人转移和洗. 了解这些身体需求和影响因素对于预防伤害和开发更好的培训计划至关重要.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和安全问题 职业健康和安全问题
- 人体工程学就是人体工程学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 个人支持工作者 (PSW) 越来越多地遇到与工作有关的伤害.
- 对于PSW任务的具体物理要求及其贡献因素的理解有限.
研究的目的:
- 为社区PSW确定经常执行的,体力苛刻的任务.
- 确定影响这些任务物理需求的上下文因素.
主要方法:
- 对加拿大443名社区PSW进行了调查.
- 参与者评价了客户护理任务的物理需求,并确定了影响的上下文因素.
主要成果:
- 转移/重新定位患者,穿衣和洗被确定为体力最苛刻的任务.
- 患者的体重和移动性显著影响了大多数任务的体力需求.
结论:
- 该研究提供了建立PSW实体就业标准的基础数据.
- 调查结果可以为开发特定任务的教育和培训提供信息,以减轻PSW伤害.
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