Causes of Low Back Pain in Nurses in Israeli Hospitals

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00681096

25/2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

An examination of the various factors that cause lower back pain in nurses in four hospitals in Israel such as; socio-demographic, professional, posture while ambulating patients and job environment.

Enrollment: 350 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses working in orthopedics, surgical, intensive care and internal medicine units

Exclusion criteria

• All others