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Table 2 Number of daily patient handling tasks in different job categories and wards; percentages are presented.

From: Comparison of two self-reported measures of physical work demands in hospital personnel: A cross-sectional study

 

Orthopedic ward

Psychiatric ward

 

0–2

3–10

>10

n

0–2

3–10

>10

n

Registered nurses

14.6%

70.8%

14.6%

48

96.3%

3.8%

-

80

Other nursing staff

-

54.5%

45.5%

33

92.6%

7.4%

-

81

Physicians/psychologists

93.8%

6.3%

-

32

100%

-

-

43

Physio- and ergotherapist

-

100%

-

2

100%

-

-

31

Other

33.3%

33.3%

33.3%

6

100%

-

-

17