Safe Patient Handling Legislation and MSDs in California Healthcare Workers

加州医护人员的安全患者处理立法和 MSD

• 批准号: 8739029
• 负责人: Soo-Jeong Lee
• 金额: $ 7.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8739029
• 关键词: Safe; Patient; Handling; Legislation; MSDs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Healthcare workers (HCWs) are well known to be at high risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Unsafe patient handling is the major cause of MSDs among HCWs, accounting for 31-72% of all musculoskeletal injuries and 27-53% of workers' compensation costs among HCWs. To prevent MSDs among HCWs, 10 states have enacted safe patient handling legislation since 2006. In 2011, California passed the Hospital Patient and Health Care Worker Injury Protection Act (AB 1136) requiring general acute care hospitals to implement safe patient handling policies and programs. There is limited research evaluating the impact of safe patient handling legislation on MSDs among HCWs. Also, data are lacking on the magnitude and cost of MSDs among California HCWs. The long-term goal of this study is to assess the impact of California's safe patient handling legislation o MSD incidence and cost outcomes among HCWs and to determine whether the law is effective in reducing MSDs. This proposed study is the first step in understanding the current status of MSDs among HCWs in California. We will analyze workers' compensation claims data in California for the last five years (2007-2011) to accomplish the following specific aims: (1) describe the magnitude and characteristics of MSD claims among California HCWs for 2007-2011, (2) estimate incidence rates for each type of MSD among California HCWs by year and examine patterns or trends during this 5-year period, (3) describe the cost of MSDs among California HCWs over the 5-year period, and (4) identify facility characteristics associated with higher MSD incidence rates. This proposed research will address the current data gap and provide baseline information for future evaluation research.

描述（由申请人提供）：众所周知，医护人员 (HCW) 患有与工作相关的肌肉骨骼疾病 (MSD) 的风险很高。不安全的患者处理是医护人员 MSD 的主要原因，占所有肌肉骨骼损伤的 31-72%，占医护人员赔偿费用的 27-53%。为了防止医护人员患 MSD，自 2006 年以来，10 个州颁布了患者安全处理立法。2011 年，加利福尼亚州通过了《医院患者和医护人员伤害保护法案》(AB 1136)，要求普通急症护理医院实施患者安全处理政策和计划。评估安全患者处理立法对医护人员 MSD 影响的研究有限。此外，缺乏关于加州医护人员患 MSD 的程度和费用的数据。本研究的长期目标是评估加州安全患者处理立法对医护人员 MSD 发生率和成本结果的影响，并确定该法律是否能有效减少 MSD。这项拟议的研究是了解加州医护人员 MSD 现状的第一步。我们将分析过去五年（2007-2011）加州工人赔偿索赔数据，以实现以下具体目标：（1）描述 2007-2011 年加州医护人员 MSD 索赔的规模和特征，（2）估计每年加州医护人员中每种类型的 MSD 的发病率，并检查这 5 年期间的模式或趋势，(3) 描述这 5 年期间加州医护人员中 MSD 的成本， (4) 确定与 MSD 发病率较高相关的设施特征。这项拟议的研究将解决当前的数据差距，并为未来的评估研究提供基线信息。