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Reliability and validity of the Home Care STAT (Safety Task Assessment Tool).
Robert R. WrightRobert R. WrightBorja López De CastroBrad WipfliThuan NguyenLayla GarriguesRyan OlsonRyan Olsonsubject
Self-assessmentMalemedicine.medical_specialtyHome NursingPopulationPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationHuman Factors and ErgonomicsTask (project management)Intervention (counseling)Task Performance and AnalysisMedicineHumansDuration (project management)Safety Risk Reliability and QualityeducationEngineering (miscellaneous)Reliability (statistics)education.field_of_studybusiness.industryData CollectionDaily stressHuman factors and ergonomicsReproducibility of ResultsMiddle AgedCaregiversPhysical therapyFemaleErgonomicsSafetybusinessdescription
Abstract Home care workers are a priority population for ergonomic assessment and intervention, but research on caregivers' exposures to hazards is limited. The current project evaluated the reliability and validity of an ergonomic self-assessment tool called Home Care STAT (Safety Task Assessment Tool). Participants (N = 23) completed a background survey followed by 10–14 days of self-monitoring with the STAT. Results showed that the most frequent task was house cleaning, and that participants regularly performed dangerous manual client moving and transferring tasks. Researcher in-home observations of 14 workers (duration ≤2 h) demonstrated that workers' self-assessments were moderately reliable. Correlational and multi-level analyses of daily self-assessment data revealed that several task exposures were significantly related to daily fatigue and/or pain. Other associations have implications for Total Worker Health™; for example, daily stress was positively associated with both pain and consumption of high calorie snacks. Findings support the STAT as a reliable and potentially valid tool for measuring home care workers' exposures to physically demanding tasks.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-29 | Applied ergonomics |