Developement of an applicable tool for measuring nurses' musculoskeletal workload on inpatient wards in acute care clinics

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00014100

Enrollment

Registered

2018-07-23

Start date

2018-04-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

M54 M25.5 M79.1 M51 M62 M99

Interventions

Group 1: Eight nurses are observed during four morning shifts on one nephrologic inpatient ward in the university clinic of Jena, Germany. One shift is divided into 16 intervals of 30 minutes each. D

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: nurses working in hospitals on inpatient wards

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: nurses working in an ICU, emergency unit, OR, endoscopy; mostly administrative tasks

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Testing the developed tool upon its applicability through an explorative observational study on general wards in the univerity hospital of Jena, Germany	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
tendencies of the measured musculoskeletal workload	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMiriam Popp

Institut für Physiotherapie Universitätsklinikum Jena

miriam.popp@uni-jena.de03641 9325201

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026