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PURPOSE: There are many models describing the responses of the human organism to work. However, the description of the effects on a personal level is rather limited. For this purpose the authors propose to use the concepts and the terminology of the ICF - the International Classification of Functioning, …

2004AlgemeenArtikel

The effects of an ergonomic-educational course. Postural load, perceived physical exertion, and biomechanical errors in nursing.

Josephine Engels; J.W. van der Gulden; T.F. Senden; J.J. Kolk; R.A. Binkhorst

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the results of an ergonomic-educational course for nurses we assessed the number and percentage of harmful postures and of ergonomic and biomechanical errors made before and after the course. We also studied the perceived physical exertion. MEANS AND METHODS: In all, 12 nurses …

1998AlgemeenArtikel

A LISREL analysis of work-related risk factors and health complaints in the nursing profession.

Josephine Engels; A.J. van der Beek; J.W. van der Gulden

OBJECTIVES: To fit a model which describes the complex interaction between various work-related factors and both musculoskeletal and psychosomatic complaints of nurses simultaneously and to compare the results with those of two LISREL models, in which the health outcome variables are analyzed separately …

1998AlgemeenArtikel

A simple method to evaluate the reliability of OWAS observations.

I. de Bruijn; Josephine Engels; J.W. van der Gulden

Slides showing nurses in different working postures were used to determine the reliability of OWAS observations. Each slide could be looked at for 3 seconds, while a new slide was shown every 30 seconds to resemble the normal practice of observation. Two observers twice scored a series of slides, some …

1998AlgemeenArtikel

Psychiatrie, arbeid en dagbesteding

Wilma Swildens

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1998GezondheidBoekdeel

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