PMID- 26044946
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160825
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1573-3688 (Electronic)
IS  - 1053-0487 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
DP  - 2015 Dec
TI  - Occupational Therapy Practitioners with Occupational Musculoskeletal Injuries: 
      Prevalence and Risk Factors.
PG  - 763-9
LID - 10.1007/s10926-015-9584-3 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and risk factors 
      of occupational musculoskeletal injuries (OMIs) among occupational therapy 
      practitioners over a 12-month period. METHOD: A self-administered questionnaire 
      mailed to 500 randomly selected practicing occupational therapists (OTs) and 
      occupational therapy assistants (OTAs) living in the state of Texas. RESULTS: A 
      response rate of 38 % was attained with 192 questionnaires returned. In a 
      12-months working period, 23 % of occupational therapy practitioners experienced 
      musculoskeletal injuries. Muscle strain (52 %) was most reported injury and lower 
      back (32 %) was most injured body part. Years of practicing experience (t = 2.83, 
      p = 0.01), and age x(2)(2, N = 192) = 8.28, p = 0.02 were found as significant 
      factors associated with injuries among OTAs. No factors were significantly 
      associated with injuries among OTs. CONCLUSION: Patient handling was the primary 
      factor associated with injuries. Also, minimal experience and older age were 
      concluded as risk factors that might contribute to OMIs.
FAU - Alnaser, Musaed Z
AU  - Alnaser MZ
AD  - Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait 
      University, P.O. Box 31470, 90805, Sulaibikhat, Kuwait, Kuwait. 
      ot_alnaser@hsc.edu.kw.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Occup Rehabil
JT  - Journal of occupational rehabilitation
JID - 9202814
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lumbosacral Region/*injuries
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Moving and Lifting Patients/adverse effects
MH  - Muscle, Skeletal/*injuries
MH  - Occupational Injuries/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Occupational Therapy/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Posture
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Sprains and Strains/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Texas/epidemiology
MH  - Time Factors
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Musculoskeletal injuries
OT  - Occupation
OT  - Safety
OT  - Therapist
OT  - Work injuries
EDAT- 2015/06/06 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/26 06:00
CRDT- 2015/06/06 06:00
PHST- 2015/06/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/06/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10926-015-9584-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10926-015-9584-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Occup Rehabil. 2015 Dec;25(4):763-9. doi: 10.1007/s10926-015-9584-3.