Effectiveness of applying UK manual moving & handling skills in the training of preventing occupational lower back pain among nursing professionals
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2014.12.002
- VernacularTitle:英国手工搬运法在护理人员职业性腰背痛防护培训中的应用效果
- Author:
Jingjing WANG
;
Ling MA
;
Wei ZHAO
;
Xiaoqing ZHANG
;
Yaosong ZHAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Lower back pain;
Occupational protection;
Training;
Manual handling
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2014;30(12):6-9
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the application effect of UK manual moving & handling skills in the training of preventing occupational lower back pain among nursing professionals,and explore effective ways of training on preventing occupational lower back pain to nursing professionals.Methods 86 nursing students,94 nurses with 12 months' work experience,and 88 nurses with work experience over 5 years were randomized selected,and they each were divided into the experimental group and the control group.For 86 nursing students,43 students in each group; For 94 nurses with 12 months' work experience,47 nurses in each group; For 88 nurses with work experience over 5 years,44 nurses in each group.A routine taught training was given to both groups,while the experimental group received an extra 25 academic hours' structured OLBP prevention training.Comprehensive proposition was used to assess theoretic learning outcome of all participants,and practical skills of all participants were tested through institutional cases.Ressults There was significant statistical difference between scores of participants from two groups,and the scores of the experimental group in nurses with 12 months' work experience were different from the experimental groups of nursing students and nurses with work experience over 5 years.Conclusions Structured OLBP prevention training should lead occupational health prevention and health promotion concepts,apply numerous teaching approaches,emphasize the content of maintaining physical and psychiatric health and occupational protection management,set new-enrolled nurses as the main focused group of training.