EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BACK PAIN IN NURSING PERSONNEL

拟议的项目是一项医院内腰痛的流行病学研究。 护理人员。卫生工作者，特别是护理人员， 据报道背部受伤的风险比其他人高 职业组别。护理人员腰背痛发作影响不大 不仅是为了患者的幸福，也是为了引起疾病 缺勤或限制工作活动，影响医院的 照顾它的病人。 拟议研究的具体目标是确定和 量化与以下方面相关的个人和工作场所特征 新的和反复发作的背部疼痛。实现这些目标将 有助于实现开发、实施和 背部损伤预防和减少损伤的评估方案 因背部疼痛而致残。该项目是一项调查跟踪研究， 结合横断面研究和队列研究的特点。医院 对护理人员进行问卷调查，确定 人口学特征、健康史、职业史和 目前工作的特点，以及背部疼痛病史。此外， 病假和工伤的频率将是 被监视着。 西奈山附属医院护理部的参与 都会被邀请。到目前为止，西奈山和联合医院 疾病/整形外科研究所，包括大约2000名护理人员 人员，将参与其中。这代表了一个足够大的样本 检测与适度增加的背痛风险相关的因素。

The proposed project is an epidemiologic study of back pain in hospital nursing personnel. Health workers, and particularly nursing personnel, have been reported to have a higher risk of back injury than other occupational groups. Episodes of back pain in nursing personnel affect not only the well-being of the sufferers, but also, by causing sickness absences or restricted job activities, impinge on the hospital's ability to care for its patients. The specific aims of the proposed research are the identification and quantification of personal and workplace characteristics associated with new and recurrent episodes of back pain. Accomplishment of these aims will be useful toward the long-term goal of developing, implementing, and evaluating programs for prevention of back injury and reduction of disability from back pain. The project is a survey follow-up study, which combines features of the cross-sectional and the cohort study. Hospital nursing personnel will be surveyed by questionnaire to determine demographic characteristics, health history, occupational history, and characteristics of current job, and history of back pain. In addition, the frequency of sickness absence and work-related job injuries will be monitored. Participation of nursing departments of Mount Sinai affiliated hospitals will be invited. To date, Mount Sinai and the Hospital for Joint Diseases/Orthopaedic Institute, which include approximately 2000 nursing personnel, will participate. This represents a sample of sufficient size to detect factors associated with moderately increased risk of back pain.