The effect of manual handling training on transferring knowledge, employee s behaviour change and subsequent reduction of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review

This systematic review investigated the effectiveness of manual handling training at transferring knowledge, leading to a positive change in employee’s manual handling behaviour and a reduction of WRMSDs following training. Six electronic databases were searched for randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials or cohort studies with a control and/or comparison group which investigated the effectiveness of manual handling training. Thirteen articles met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Following quality assessment, nine of the included articles were found to be high quality. This systematic review suggests that there has been very little research focusing on the effectiveness of manual handling training on transferring knowledge to employee’s and behavioural change. This review indicates that whilst employees report understanding and awareness following training, this does not always lead to the expected behavioural change. This review also suggests it cannot be demonstrated that transferring knowledge to employees will lead to a reduction of WRMSDs

Are Irish therapists at heightened risk for low back pain?

Background Within the international literature, no studies have been identified that compare prevalence rates of low back pain (LBP) in chartered physiotherapists, physical and athletic therapists and those in the national working population, making it unclear whether such therapists are an occupational group at high risk of developing LBP.Aims To establish the prevalence of LBP among therapists (both employed and self-employed) in Ireland, to compare the employment status-, gender-and age-specific LBP prevalence rates between therapists and the national working population and to estimate the adjusted odds of developing LBP among therapists relative to the national working population.Methods An analysis of data from the Health In Hand Intensive Tasks and Safety (HITS) study and the third national Survey on Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition (SLAN). The HITS study was a cross-sectional study investigating work-related musculoskeletal disorders in practising therapists. The SLAN 2007 was a face-to-face interview study of adults.Results LBP prevalence in therapists was 49% with no significant difference by employment status. Therapists had a much higher prevalence compared with the national working population across all demographic strata, with therapists nearly five times more likely to suffer from LBP than the national working population after careful adjustment for differences in sociodemographic factors.Conclusions Therapists in Ireland are an occupational group at high risk of developing LBP, warranting further research into their physical and psychosocial work-related risk factors

Results of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions: Primary outcomes.

Results of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions: Primary outcomes.</p

Results of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions: Secondary outcomes.

Results of the effectiveness of mental health promotion interventions: Secondary outcomes.</p

Intervention characteristics of the included studies.

Intervention characteristics of the included studies.</p

Summary of quality appraisal results.

Summary of quality appraisal results.</p

PRISMA flow diagram.

PRISMA flow diagram.</p

Sample search strategy.

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Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.</p

Completed PRISMA 2020 checklist.

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