Risk Profiles for Four Types of Work-Related Injury among Hospital Employees
AAOHN JournalPublished 1 February 2006Open access
Nancy I. Thomas, Norman D. Brown, Linda C. Hodges, Jay Gandy, Louanne Lawson, J. E. Lord
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All injury types were most often related to female gender and full-time employment status and reformulating policies to improve screening, prevention, and education for those at risk for certain injury types may limit WRI occurrences and costs.
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In this retrospective case-control study, researchers examined risk factors for four types of work-related injury (WRI) in hospital employees. Data were collected from employee health charts and computer databases ( N = 2050) and analyzed using logistic regression. Study results showed that strain injuries were related to increased age, increased body mass index (BMI), and maintenance, custodial, and direct-caregiver employment types. Repetitive motion injuries were related to increased BMI and clerical and custodial employment types. Exposure/reaction injuries were related to increased age, increased BMI, and maintenance, custodial, and direct-caregiver employment types. Contact/assault injuries were related to increased age, increased BMI, and maintenance, custodial, and direct-caregiver employment types. All injury types were most often related to female gender and full-time employment status. Reformulating policies to improve screening, prevention, and education for those at risk for certain injury types may limit WRI occurrences and costs.
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