Patient handling training interventions and musculoskeletal injuries in healthcare workers: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Workplace injuries are a serious issue for the health and social care industry, with the sector accounting for 20 % of all serious claims reported. The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether patient handling training interventions that included instruction on patient transfer techniques are effective in preventing musculoskeletal injuries in healthcare workers. Methods: Electronic databases MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO) and Health and Safety Science Abstracts (ProQuest) were searched for controlled trials from January 1996-August 2022. Risk of bias was evaluated using the PEDro scale and overall certainty of evidence assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation for each meta-analysis. Results: A total of

SUBMITTER: Kugler HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873653 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature