Social-cognitive determinants of hoist usage among health care workers.

Abstract

Injuries caused by unsafe manual handling of patients are a major source of ill health in health care workers. The present study evaluated the ability of 4 classes of variable to predict use of a hoist when moving a heavily dependent patient. Variables examined were occupational role characteristics, such as hours of work and type of shift worked; biographics, including age and height; aspects of occupational context, such as number of hoists available and number of patients; and motivational variables specified by the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985) and protection motivation theory (Rogers, 1983). Regression analyses showed that background and social-cognitive variables were able to account for 59% of variance in intention to use a hoist and 41% of variance in use of the hoist assessed 6 weeks later. Height, hoist availability, coworker injunctive norm, perceived behavioral control, response cost, response benefits, and social and physical costs of not using the hoist each explained independent variance in motivation to use a hoist at work.

Factors associated with safe patient handling behaviors among critical care nurses

“…The day shift is, of course, a more stable working condition than a rotating shift, and day shift nurses may have more resources for work, more reinforcement for safety from a broader array of colleagues, or may receive better support from supervisors or coworkers. In a study by Rickett et al 2006, regular shift workers reported significantly greater intentions to use a hoist for patient handling than rotating shift workers, but actual behaviors of the use of hoists were not significantly different between regular and rotating shifts.…”

“…However, this was not supported in this study. Likewise, other studies have failed to find a significant relationship between risk perception and safe work behaviors [Rundmo, 1996; Seo, 2005; Rickett et al, 2006]. In contrast, Arezes and Miguel 2008 reported that risk perception was a significant predictor for the use of hearing protective devices in Portuguese industrial workers.…”

“…A recent British study on hoist usage found that only 24% of health care workers regularly used a hoist when transferring a patient from bed to chair. Hoist use was significantly predicted by the number of hoists on the ward and perceived negative costs associated with their use such as difficulty and added time [Rickett et al, 2006].…”

Musculoskeletal pain among critical-care nurses by availability and use of patient lifting equipment: An analysis of cross-sectional survey data

“…For example, when there is a conflicting demand for these devices, male nurses may give priority of use to their female nurse colleagues. The level of lift use measures actual utilization for patient handling when needed; both organizational and individual factors play roles in the level of actual use (Koppelaar et al, 2011;Rickett et al, 2006).…”

Reliability and Dimensionality of the Talis Scale of Social Desirability: Evidence From the Item Response Theory

“…Широкое распространение самоотчетных методов в международных исследова ниях качества образования, таких как TIMSS, PISA, PIAAC, закономерно привело к вопросу об их валидности особенно в отношении тем, чувствительных к куль МОНИТОРИНГ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО МНЕНИЯ № 6 (136) НОЯБРЬ-ДЕКАБРЬ 2016 А. В. Капуза, Ю. А. Тюменева ТЕОРИЯ, МЕТОДОЛОГИЯ И МЕТОДЫ турным и социальным различиям [Rickett et al, 2006;Burris et al, 2003;Hebert et al, 1997;Мягков, 2007;Мягков, Журавлева, 2010;Левада, 2000]. В опросах учителей, к примеру, необходимость высказаться о качестве получаемой мето дической поддержки или подтвердить использование какого то педагогического метода, неизбежно будет находиться под сильным влиянием социальных норм.…”