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Investigating Factors Related to Back-Pain among Nurses: Are There Individual Profiles?

Back pain and back injury are common causes of sick leave and workers' compensation claims in the health care industry. Previous studies have shown large variability with regard to correlating situational and organizational factors to back pain among nurses, and there is little agreement as to the factors involved. This study attempted to identify profiles of nurses aff'ed and unaffected by back pain in two hospital environments: a critical care unit and a routine care ward. Questionnaire data from 36 nursing personnel were compared. The results indicated that certain group differences between those who were affected by back pain and those who were not, were related to the work environment: Back pain and back injury appeared to be more of a problem in the critical care unit than in the routine ward. Furthermore, there was a perceived lack of staffing among respondents in the critical care unit. The results are discussed in relation to an exploratory multiple regression analysis which indicated certain individual profiles of those nurses who were affected by back pain and back injury.