Validity and reliability of Japanese version of MAPO index for assessing manual patient handling in nursing homes

CONCLUSIONS: High inter-rater reliability and J-MAPO risk levels were associated with LBP. Therefore, our results suggest that the J-MAPO is a useful risk assessment tool for LBP in Japanese nursing homes.PMID:38604159 | DOI:10.1093/joccuh/uiae016

Source: Journal of Occupational Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Naomichi Tani Fumiko Ichikawa Susumu Oda Olga Menoni Marco Tasso Kazuyuki Iwakiri Masaharu Kumashiro Takeshi Ebara Yasuhiro Tsutsui Source Type: research