ArticleJournal of occupational health2019
Priority approaches of occupational safety and health activities for preventing low back pain among caregivers.
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- Caregiving activities causing occupational low back pain in Japanese social welfare facilities and hospitals.PloS one · 2026Article
- Relationship between working posture/movement and measures to prevent low back pain among care workers: a cross-sectional study in the Kansai region of Japan.Industrial health · 2025Article
- Influence of caregiver understanding of their capability to perform activities of daily living, disease comprehension, and attitudes on occupational low back pain: a cross-sectional study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- Nurses' viewpoint of sustaining work despite musculoskeletal pain: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Addressing Occupational Back Pain: A Systematic Review of Preventive and Therapeutic Strategies.Cureus · 2023Review
- Psychotic experiences among informal caregivers: findings from 48 low- and middle-income countries.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Article
- Occupational status and self-reported low back pain by gender: a nation-wide cross-sectional study among the general population in Japan.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Changes in risk factors for severe low-back pain among caregivers in care facilities in Japan from 2014 to 2018.Industrial health · 2021Article
- Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses.Journal of occupational health · 2020Observational
- Priority approaches of occupational safety and health activities for preventing low back pain among caregivers.Journal of occupational health · 2019Article
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objectivesThe incidence of occupational low back pain (LBP) is high among caregivers. The use of care equipment and training about care methods could prevent LBP among caregivers. However, in care facilities in Japan, these measures are not adequately employed. Moreover, the care facilities have faced issues regarding poor staffing in recent years. The present study investigated the relationship between LBP and occupational safety and health activities (OSHAs) for preventing LBP among caregivers and aimed to validate the priority approaches of OSHA.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in care facilities for the elderly in Japan. Questionnaires for administrators and caregivers were distributed to 1,000 facilities and 5,000 caregivers, respectively. Questionnaires completed by 612 facilities and 2,712 caregivers were analyzed.
resultsNo direct association was observed between severe LBP and OSHA, but indirect association was done. A significant relationship was noted between severe LBP and the care methods. Direct factors causing severe LBP were lifting a resident using human power and taking an unsuitable posture. These care methods were associated with the following OSHAs: promoting the use of care equipment, training about care methods, and consultation regarding the use of care equipment and employing an appropriate care method with the person in charge.
conclusionsThese OSHAs decreased lifting a resident using human power and taking an unsuitable posture, which are the primary risk factors of LBP. Therefore, these OSHAs should be implemented as priority approaches to prevent LBP among caregivers in care facilities for the elderly.
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