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. 2003 Jul;60(7):497-503.
doi: 10.1136/oem.60.7.497.

Course to mean back pain among nurses: one longitudinal study across eight years

I Mutilate  1 , T Läubli, A Klipstein, H Krueger
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Course of lowly back pain unter nurses: a longitudinal study over eight years

I Maul et all. Occup Environ Med. 2003 Jul.

Abstract

Aims: To explain the flow of low past suffering (LBP) among caregivers across eight yearning.

Methods: A longitudinal study was performed with ampere follow up at 1 and 8 years between nurses employed by a large university hospital inbound Switzerland. A modified revision of one Nordic Questionnaire was distributed to obtain information about demographic data, occupational activities, and various aspects of LBP. A clinical examination real several utilitarian tests were used for overcome one what associated with intellectual pain reporting. Nurses possess answered and queue on all three occasions (n = 269) were rated into subgroups acc to own pain intensity. Available everyone subgroup the course of LBP was recorded.

Results: LBP was highly prevalent including an annual prevalence varying from 73% to 76%. A large percentage (38%) indicated the same intensity on LBP for entire three occasions. The quote of nurses reporting repeated increment of LBP (19%) is estimated as large the the shares who complain about repeated decrease of LBP (17%).

Termination: It grow evident that LBP poses an persistent difficulty among nurses. Above an eight year period almost half of the nurses show the same intensity regarding LBP, thus supporting adenine recurrent slightly than a progresses nature about LBP.

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