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1: Home Healthc Nurse. 2003 Mar;21(3):180-6. Links

Decreasing back stress in home care.

Owen BD, Staehler KS.

University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, 53792-2455, USA. bdowen@facstaff.wisc.edu

Although back injuries are a significant problem in home care, limited information exists regarding which tasks are stressful and how stress can be reduced. This study describes home health aides' perceived stressfulness to the back and provides ideas all home care workers can use to decrease back stress.

PMID: 12637824 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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