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Comparative Study
. 2005 Jul-Sep;27(3):359-61.

[Prevalence and determinants of low back pain in hospital workers]

[Article in Italian]
I Folletti  1 , V Belardinelli, G Giovannini, B Cresta, G Fabrizi, C Tacconi, R Stopponi, L Ferrari, A Siracusa
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Comparative Study

[Prevalence and determinants of low back pain in hospital workers]

[Article in Italian]
I Folletti et al. G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2005 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

This study evaluated the prevalence and determinants of low back pain (LBP) in Terni hospital workers. Each ward sister completed a questionnaire about potential determinants of LBP associated with physical loads. Moreover, a trained ward sister administered a questionnaire about the characteristics of low back pain to 512 subjects. In the previous year the prevalence of LBP was 58.8%. It was more common in subjects under 45 years of age. >3 LBP episodes annually were more frequent in operating rooms and medical wards. LBP lasted >1 week in 29% of females and in 23% of males. LBP caused change of duties or time off work in 11% of females and in 8% of males.

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