ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2013
Results of a pilot intervention to improve health and safety for health care workers.
Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01841983 (Project A), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Project A: Integrated Approaches to Improving the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Organizational and Individual Outcomes of Health Promotion Strategies-A Review of Empirical Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Implementing an Integrated Health Protection/Health Promotion Intervention in the Hospital Setting: Lessons Learned From the Be Well, Work Well Study.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Trial
- Process evaluation of a complex workplace intervention to prevent musculoskeletal pain in nursing staff: results from INTEVAL_Spain.BMC nursing · 2021Article
- International Total Worker Health: Applicability to Agribusiness in Latin America.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Education as a strategy for managing occupational-related musculoskeletal pain: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses.Journal of occupational health · 2020Observational
- Paradoxical Impact of a Patient-Handling Intervention on Injury Rate Disparity Among Hospital Workers.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Associations between trunk flexion and physical activity of patient care workers for a single shift: A pilot study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2017Article
- Integrating worksite health protection and health promotion: A conceptual model for intervention and research.Preventive medicine · 2016Article
- Using Behavioral Theory to Enhance Occupational Safety and Health: Applications to Health Care Workers.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
- Levels of Physical Activity and Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Physicians in Saudi Arabia Post COVID-19 Lockdown: An Epidemiological Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the feasibility of a multicomponent pilot intervention to improve worker safety and wellness in two Boston hospitals.
methodsA 3-month intervention was conducted on seven hospital units. Pre- (374 workers) and postsurveys (303 workers) assessed changes in safety/ergonomic behaviors and practices, and social support. Wellness outcomes included self-reported pain/aching in specific body areas (musculoskeletal disorders or MSDs) and physical activity (PA).
resultsPain was reported frequently (81%), and PA averaged 4 hours per week. There was a postintervention increase in safe patient handling (P < 0.0001), safety practices (P = 0.0004), ergonomics (P = 0.009), and supervisor support (P = 0.01), but no changes in MSDs or PA.
conclusionsSafe patient handling, ergonomics, and safety practices are good targets for worker safety and wellness interventions; longer intervention periods may reduce the risk of MSDs.
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