Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders
{\it Objectives:} The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals with work-related injuries receiving worksite analysis would have less lost workdays than individuals not receiving worksite analysis. Therapeutic management of work-related injuries in a hospital and a university setti...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Work (Reading, Mass.) Mass.), 2001, Vol.16 (3), p.185-200 |
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Zusammenfassung: | {\it Objectives:} The purpose of this study was to determine whether
individuals with work-related injuries receiving worksite analysis would have
less lost workdays than individuals not receiving worksite analysis.
Therapeutic management of work-related injuries in a hospital and a university
setting were also compared.
{\it Study design:} Over a one-year period, employees who sustained
an upper extremity work-related injury were issued questionnaires regarding
their injury, treatment, functional status and pain level. Participants were
divided into three groups: group 1 consisted of hospital employees (N=14) who
underwent worksite analysis, group 2 included university employees (N=15) who
underwent worksite analysis whereas group~3 included university employees
(N=14) who underwent no analysis.
{\it Results:} All groups were similar in demographics, functional
status, and pain level. Satisfaction with the worksite analysis was similar for
groups one and two.
{\it Conclusion:} A pattern of less absenteeism but greater modified
duty days was associated with those individuals undergoing worksite
analysis. |
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ISSN: | 1051-9815 1875-9270 |
DOI: | 10.3233/WOR-2001-00151 |