title: Work-related injuries: an old problem revisited in the first representative U.S. sample of home health aides.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether certain personal and workplace factors increase risk for work-related injuries among home health aides.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2007 National Survey of Home Health Aides among workers who provided formal caregiving to older adults or people with disabilities (N = 3,377, weighted sample = 160,720).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate logistic regression identified six factors associated with injury: White race (OR = 2.07, 95% CI 1.18, 3.63); inappropriate workload (OR = 3.27, 95% CI 1.55, 6.93); having multiple jobs (OR = 2.73, 95% CI 1.30, 5.71); job dissatisfaction (OR = 2.71, 95% CI 1.23, 5.96); higher hourly pay rate (OR = 2.38, 95% CI 1.31, 4.33); and working in two locations (inpatient facility and patient's home) compared with working in patient's home only (OR = 2.57, 95% CI 1.51, 4.40).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions should be developed to address preventable risk factors. Evaluations of candidate interventions should control for other related factors that are not modifiable.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, USA. ahouston@albany.edu
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: Yuchi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: formal caregiving; injury; work settings