caa a22 4500 463194187 CHVBK 20180406164917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00420-006-0121-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00420-006-0121-8 Risk factors and musculoskeletal complaints in non-specialized nurses, IC nurses, operation room nurses, and X-ray technologists [Elektronische Daten] [Ellen Bos, Boudien Krol, Lex van der Star, Johan Groothoff] Objectives: To gain more insight into the prevalence rates of musculoskeletal complaints of neck-shoulder and low back and to determine the relation between physical and psychosocial work-related risk factors and the complaints mentioned in non-specialized nurses, operation room nurses, Intensive Care (IC) nurses and X-ray technologists. Methods: The study population consists of 3,169 employees affiliated to eight university hospitals in the Netherlands. The study was conducted using a cross-sectional survey design. The parameters under study were having or having had (severe) low back or neck-shoulder complaints during the past year. In logistic regression analyses odds ratio's and CI 95% were estimated for all relevant risk factors for each of the four professional groups. Results: In all groups prevalence rates of musculoskeletal complaints were high: low back 76%, neck-shoulder 60%. Operation room nurses perceived more neck-shoulder complaints (12months prevalence) than non-specialized nurses and IC nurses perceived less severe low back complaints than non-specialized nurses. Four physical risk factors and one psychosocial factor were associated with low back complaints in all groups. Conclusions: The results of the present study indicate that both low back complaints and neck-shoulder complaints are major health problems in the four professional groups under study. The prevalence rate of neck-shoulder complaints in operation room nurses is higher than in non-specialized nurses and IC nurses, the latter groups having high prevalence rates already. The exposure to risk factors is perceived differently by each of the professional groups. The professional groups under study all are target for preventive interventions; these interventions need to be specified for each of the professional groups. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Musculoskeletal disease nationallicence Low back pain nationallicence Health care nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Multivariate analysis nationallicence Bos Ellen Department of occupational safety, health and environment, University Medical Centre Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Krol Boudien Department of Social medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut van der Star Lex Department of occupational safety, health and environment, University Medical Centre Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Groothoff Johan Department of Social medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/3(2007-01-01), 198-206 0340-0131 80:3<198 2007 80 420 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0121-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-006-0121-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bos Ellen Department of occupational safety, health and environment, University Medical Centre Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krol Boudien Department of Social medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Star Lex Department of occupational safety, health and environment, University Medical Centre Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Groothoff Johan Department of Social medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health Springer-Verlag 80/3(2007-01-01), 198-206 0340-0131 80:3<198 2007 80 420 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer