RT Journal Article
T1 The impact of manual patient handling on work ability: A cross-sectional study in a Brazilian hospital
A1 Bernardes, João Marcos
A1 Spröesser Alonso, Melissa
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
A1 García Navarro, Esperanza Begoña
A1 Dias, Adriano
AB Aim: To investigate the level of self-reportedwork ability and its association withmanual patient handling in healthcare workers.Design: Cross-sectionalstudy adhering to the Strengthening the Reporting ofObservational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.Methods: A total of 320 healthcare workers answered a self-administeredquestionnaireregarding manual patient handling, work ability, occupational factors, occurrenceof low back pain and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors from November2016 to March 2017. The association between manual patient handling and low backpain was analysed with Poisson regression models.Results: The prevalence ratio of inadequate work ability was 43.42%. Manual patienthandling (PR 1.375, 95% CI 1.038–1.821),bachelor education (PR 2.150, 95% CI1.272–3.632),less than bachelor education (PR 2.166, 95% CI 1.218–3.855),seniority(PR 1.049, 95% CI 1.024–1.086),poor sleep quality (PR 1.425, 95% CI 1.13–1.796)andpresence of low back pain (PR 2.003, 95% CI 1.314–3.052)were all positively associatedwith an inadequate work ability.
PB Wiley Open Access
SN 2054-1058 (electrónico)
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21976
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/21976
LA eng
NO Bernardes, J. M., Spröesser Alonso, M., Gómez‐Salgado, J., Ruiz‐Frutos, C., García‐Navarro, E. B., & Dias, A. (2022). The impact of manual patient handling on work ability: A cross‐sectional study in a Brazilian hospital. In Nursing Open (Vol. 9, Issue 5, pp. 2304–2313). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1228
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva/CBUA
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026