Research Article
Quantification of Patient and Equipment Handling for Nurses through Direct Observation and Subjective Perceptions
Table 4
Body region discomfort (average and standard deviation) at the end of the shift for nurses in each of the ICU units and overall.
| Unit | Neck | Shoulder | Elbow | Hand and wrist | Upper back | Low back | Hip | Knee | Lower leg and foot |
| Medical (MICU) | 2.7 (5.7) | 1.3 (2.7) | 0.7 (1.6) | 0.4 (1.2) | 2.1 (4.7) | 3.4 (7.2) | 0.4 (1.2) | 2.1 (4.4) | 4.9 (9.7) | Neurosurgical (NSICU) | 3.0 (4.4) | 2.0 (1.7) | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.7 (1.2) | 5.0 (1.7) | 7.3 (2.1) | 3.7 (4.0) | 3.3 (3.5) | 3.0 (4.4) | Surgical (SICU) | 1.3 (1.3) | 1.3 (2.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.4) | 1.3 (2.4) | 3.1 (2.5) | 1.4 (2.7) | 1.3 (1.7) | 1.6 (2.3) | Total () | 1.9 (2.4) | 1.2 (1.6) | 0.4 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.8) | 2.0 (2.6) | 3.4 (3.2) | 1.2 (2.4) | 1.7 (2.0) | 2.7 (3.1) |
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