title: High prevalence of neck, shoulder and back pain among nursing graduates warrants preventive strategies during the degree and into working life.
abstract: Implications for practice and research: Physical, organisational and social aspects of work significantly contribute to musculoskeletal pain in nurses, along with nonoccupational contextual and personal factors. Measures to prevent neck, shoulder and back pain in nurses should be implemented for nurses from the very beginning of their training programmes, while modifications to overtime work and physical loads should be seriously considered. Preventive measures targeting overtime work, physical workload and psychosocial factors need investigating further.
authors.affiliation: School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Annalee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yassi
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019547:Neck Pain; D009740:Nursing Staff; D020069:Shoulder Pain