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Danish Observational Study of Eldercare work and musculoskeletal disorderS (DOSES): a prospective study at 20 nursing homes in Denmark.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Eldercare's Turnover Intention and Human Resource Approach: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Occupational physical behaviors and knee pain among eldercare workers: A prospective accelerometer study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Occupational physical demands in eldercare workers: a systematic scoping review of studies reporting quantitative data.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Differences in the temporal patterns of occupational time on feet and sitting between homecare and nursing home workers.Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- Organizational strategies of eldercare work and health - Is the daily number of residents cared for over 14 months associated with back pain?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Article
- Do job demands and resources differ between permanent and temporary eldercare workers in Sweden?Annals of work exposures and health · 2025Article
- The "sweet- and sour-spot" of occupational physical activity for back pain: a prospective accelerometer study among eldercare workers.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Ward-level leadership quality and prospective low-back pain of eldercare workers: do resident handlings mediate the association?International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2023Article
- Determination of Workload, Work Stress and Related Factors in Nursing Home Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Nursing Home, Ward and Worker Level Determinants of Perceived Quantitative Work Demands: A Multi-Level Cross-Sectional Analysis in Eldercare.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
- A Simple Resident Need-for-Physical-Assistance Scale in Eldercare: Validation Using 4716 Observation Sequences of Caring Activities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations between perceived quantitative work demands at different organisational levels and pain and sickness absence in eldercare workers: a multi-level longitudinal analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Article
- Musculoskeletal health climate is associated with musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence among workers: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Pain management in eldercare employees - the role of managers in addressing musculoskeletal pain and pain-related sickness absence.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Are resident handlings in eldercare wards associated with musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence among the workers? A prospective study based on onsite observations.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Article
- The Influence of Nursing Home, Ward, and Eldercare Workers on the Number of Resident Handlings Performed per Shift in Eldercare.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- What Determines Step-Rate at Work? An Investigation of Factors at the Shift, Worker, Ward, and Nursing Home Levels in Eldercare.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Article
- Combined Effects of Physical Behavior Compositions and Psychosocial Resources on Perceived Exertion Among Eldercare Workers.Annals of work exposures and health · 2020Article
- Zero problems with compositional data of physical behaviors: a comparison of three zero replacement methods.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Article
- Do organisational and ward-level factors explain the variance in multi-site musculoskeletal pain in eldercare workers? A multi-level cross-sectional study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeMusculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), sickness absence and premature retirement are highly prevalent among eldercare workers. We conducted a prospective observational workplace study with the main purpose to investigate longitudinal associations between physical and psychosocial working conditions and occurrence of MSD and its consequences (pain-related interference with daily work activities and sickness absence) among Danish eldercare workers.
participantsAt 20 Danish nursing homes, a total of 941 eldercare workers employed in day and evening shifts were invited to the study. Of those, 553 participated in the baseline measurements, and 441 completed the total period of 12 months follow-up. FINDINGS TO DATE: Data were collected from September 2013 to January 2016. Physical and psychosocial working conditions were assessed with multiple methods (observations, accelerometer measurements and work schedules), and multiple levels of information (nursing home, ward, resident and eldercare worker) were incorporated in the data collection. MSD and the consequences hereof were assessed monthly during a 1-year follow-up. Study participants and non-participants were comparable on most of the 27 sociodemographic, health and working condition characteristics at baseline. The exceptions were higher neck-shoulder pain intensity, less sickness absence, more exposure to negative behaviour from residents and a higher percentage of working day shifts and fewer evening shifts among participants compared with non-participants. FUTURE PLANS: The first publications will report on the associations of physical and psychosocial working conditions with occurrence of MSD and its consequences. In addition, the cohort gives the opportunity to investigate the importance of organisational, management and team factors for distribution of physical work demands and development of MSD among the workers. This will provide important knowledge for future workplace interventions to reduce MSD and sickness absence.
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