Citation

Laflamme L. Safety Sci. 1997; 27(2-3): 129-139.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

The study examines the age-related risk of types of overexertion injuries among female nurses and nursing auxiliaries in Sweden. Overexertion-injury rate ratios (ORRs) were measured, all injuries aggregated and for two injury types, employing five age categories and four years of observation (1980 to 1995). The results indicate that there is an association between overexertion-injury type and year of observation, and reveal significant interaction between year and age, in the case of each injury type, for nursing auxiliaries but not for nurses. The findings suggest that, for nursing auxiliaries, ORRs do not follow the same trend in all age groups. It is concluded that as the occurrence of overexertion-injury events is influenced by many factors, the prevention of such injuries needs to be envisaged in a variety of ways.