Introduction. The manual handling of loads has a strong impact on many types of work. All health professionals, due to their job, are subjected to a high risk of disease from the manual handling of loads. Target. The purpose of our work has been therefore the construc- tion and the validation of a specific tool for the evaluation of both environmental risks and individual limitations of the manual handling of loads / patients. Materials and methods. The questionnaire we created is compo- sed of two main sections: the first section includes the registry card of the operator personal data while the second section, consisting of eleven items it is further organized into two sections/parts. The first part consists of four items about environmental risk factors, while the second part consists of seven items about generic limitations and the assessment of pain from manual handling of loads. Results. The operators’ health nurses, including those ones with a coordination responsibility, that are available in the structure are 704 while the response rate to the questionnaire was of 93.18%. The test-retest showed optimal values of the intra-class correlation coefficient (0.843) so demonstrating the absence of measurement errors in the two administrations. The values related to the internal consistency of the two sections of the questionnaire were greater than 0.80that also demonstrated the internal stability of the questionnaire. Conclusion. The tool we described therefore is to be intended as a means of assessment for environmental risks, restrictions on movement of loads and pain associated with the task.
Introduzione. La movimentazione manuale dei carichi ha un forte impatto su molte tipologie di lavoro. Tutti gli operatori sanitari, per la loro mansione, sono sottoposti ad un elevato rischio da patologie da movimentazione manuale dei carichi. Obiettivo. Lo scopo del nostro lavoro è quindi la costruzione e la validazione di uno strumento specifico per la valutazione dei rischi ambientali e delle limitazioni individuali alla movimentazione manuale dei carichi/pazienti. Materiali e Metodi. Il questionario da noi creato è composto da due parti: la prima comprende la scheda anagrafica dei dati personali dell’operatore e la seconda parte, composta da 11 ITEMS, è a sua volta suddivisa in due parti; la prima composta da 4 ITEMS riguardanti i fattori di rischio ambientali e la seconda, composta da 7 ITEMS, riguardanti le limitazioni generiche e la valutazione del dolore da movimentazione manuale dei carichi. Risultati. Gli operatori sanitari infermieri, compresi quelli con attività di coordinamento, a disposizione nella struttura sono 704 ed il tasso di risposta al questionario è stato del 93.18%. Il test-retest ha mostrato valori ottimali del coefficiente di correlazione intra-classe (0.843), al fine di stabile l’assenza di errori di misura nelle due somministrazioni. Il valore relativo alla consistenza interna delle due sezioni del questionario ha mostrato valori superiori a 0.80, dato che dimostrala stabilità interna del questionario. Conclusioni. Lo strumento descritto, quindi, si presenta come un mezzo di valutazione dei rischi ambientali, delle limitazioni alla movimentazione dei carichi e del dolore associato alla mansione
Construction and validation of a tool for the evaluation of environmental risks and limitations to the manual handling of loads: cross-sectional study
Mannocci, A;
2017-01-01
Abstract
Introduction. The manual handling of loads has a strong impact on many types of work. All health professionals, due to their job, are subjected to a high risk of disease from the manual handling of loads. Target. The purpose of our work has been therefore the construc- tion and the validation of a specific tool for the evaluation of both environmental risks and individual limitations of the manual handling of loads / patients. Materials and methods. The questionnaire we created is compo- sed of two main sections: the first section includes the registry card of the operator personal data while the second section, consisting of eleven items it is further organized into two sections/parts. The first part consists of four items about environmental risk factors, while the second part consists of seven items about generic limitations and the assessment of pain from manual handling of loads. Results. The operators’ health nurses, including those ones with a coordination responsibility, that are available in the structure are 704 while the response rate to the questionnaire was of 93.18%. The test-retest showed optimal values of the intra-class correlation coefficient (0.843) so demonstrating the absence of measurement errors in the two administrations. The values related to the internal consistency of the two sections of the questionnaire were greater than 0.80that also demonstrated the internal stability of the questionnaire. Conclusion. The tool we described therefore is to be intended as a means of assessment for environmental risks, restrictions on movement of loads and pain associated with the task.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.