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Hanson CS, Shechtman O, Gardner-Smith P. Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work. 2001;16(3):185-200
Hanson, C. S., Shechtman, O., & Gardner-Smith, P. (2001). Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work (Reading, Mass.), 16(3), 185-200.
Hanson, Carolyn S., et al. "Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders." Work (Reading, Mass.) vol. 16,3 (2001): 185-200.
Hanson CS, Shechtman O, Gardner-Smith P. Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work. 2001;16(3):185-200. PMID: 12441448.
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Work. 2001;16(3):185-200.

Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Work (Reading, Mass.)

Carolyn S. Hanson, Orit Shechtman, Portia Gardner-Smith

Affiliations

  1. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

PMID: 12441448

Abstract

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. 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. RESULTS: All groups were similar in demographics, functional status, and pain level. Satisfaction with the worksite analysis was similar for groups one and two. CONCLUSION: A pattern of less absenteeism but greater modified duty days was associated with those individuals undergoing worksite analysis.

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