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dc.contributor.authorVecchio, Nerina
dc.contributor.authorScuffham, Paul A
dc.contributor.authorHilton, Michael F
dc.contributor.authorWhiteford, Harvey A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:19:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:19:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T01:36:21Z
dc.identifier.issn0309-2402
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05544.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41619
dc.description.abstractAim. This paper is a report of a correlational study of the relationships between work-related injury-risk events and modifiable risk factors in a nursing population after controlling for socioeconomic factors. Background. Nurses are at high risk for work-related injury. Work-related injury is strongly influenced by psychosocial factors and physical job-related exposures, but the magnitude of effect from modifiable factors remains unclear. Method. Data were based on the Work Outcomes Research Cost-benefit survey conducted in Australia during 2005 and 2006. The study sample of 5724 represented ~14% of nurses in Queensland, Australia. Logistic regression was used to determine the magnitude of association of psychological distress (represented by the Kessler 6 score: six-item scale of psychological distress), the number of health conditions and various socioeconomic factors with work place injury. Results. High psychological distress was associated with a 5% probability of injury. As the number of health conditions increased, the probability of injury increased; 3 and =6 health conditions increased the chance of injury by 5% and 15% compared with no health conditions. Compared with the total sample, nurses who reported high levels of psychological distress demonstrated greater sensitivity to the number of health conditions. Computation of the marginal effects showed little difference in the likelihood of injury when the total sample was compared with nurses with <5 years of work experience. Conclusion. Effective occupational health and safety workplace programmes that target modifiable factors such as psychological distress and physical health conditions may improve the health capital of nurses and productivity levels within the profession.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1067
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1078
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Advanced Nursing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume67
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4205
dc.titleWork-related injury in the nursing profession: an investigation of modifiable factors
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Blackwell Publishing. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Work-related injury in the nursing profession: an investigation of modifiable factors, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 67(5), 2011, pp. 1067-1078, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05544..
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorScuffham, Paul A.


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