Verification of the Physical Load in Work of Nurses in Slovakia and Poland
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ivana Cechova; Joanna Bartnicka; Luboslav Dulina
- Source
- Multidisciplinary Aspects of Production Engineering. 1:883-887
- Subject
- Engineering management
Engineering
Work (electrical)
Physical load
business.industry
business
Business management
- Language
- ISSN
- 2545-2827
Musculoskeletal complaints represent a common occupational problem for health care workers throughout the world. This study provides shortened results of review by Nordic Questionnaire, which was modified for review reasons. The aim of the study is verification of work-related load Slovak and Polish nurses in their work and mutual comparison of the results. Comparison of statistical sample of Slovak nurses (468) and Polish nurses (48 for this moment) points to certain common features in the field of pain and the determination of their causes. Verification of the knowledge base of nurses in the field of ergonomics, principles of manipulation of load and kinestetika shows slightly better results for Polish nurses. The study will continue to compare larger statistical samples, identify the most common pains and their causes to the reason prevent them.