@article{ref1,
title="Determinants associated with the incidence of occupational accidents among visiting nurses from home-visit nursing agencies: secondary analysis of cross-national survey data in Japan",
journal="Geriatrics and gerontology international",
year="2022",
author="Kashiwagi, Masayo and Morioka, Noriko",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIM: This study aimed to determine the incidence of occupational accidents among home-visiting nurses from home-visit nursing agencies and relevant factors. <br><br>METHODS: Data from a questionnaire survey, conducted in March 2020, concerning home-visit nursing agencies were used as a secondary source. A total of 9979 agencies were surveyed. The questionnaires included items relating to the number of occupational accidents experienced by visiting nurses that occurred during a 3-month period. The occurrence of accidents in an agency was set as a dependent variable, and logistic regression analysis was performed on its association with agency attributes. For agencies in which accidents occurred, the number of accidents per 10 full-time-equivalent nurses was estimated, and multiple regression analysis was administered to investigate its association with agency attributes. <br><br>RESULTS: The findings of the logistic regression analysis revealed that new agencies, a greater number of full-time-equivalent nurses, emergency visitation support, and performing an analysis of accident cases for accident prevention were significantly associated with the occurrence of accidents. A median of 3.3 accidents occurred per 10 full-time-equivalent nurses at such agencies. Multiple regression analysis showed that a lower number of full-time-equivalent nurses was significantly associated with an increase in the frequency of accidents. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that to devise and deploy safety measures for visiting nurses, all home-visit nursing agencies must build reporting and analysis systems for occupational accidents among home-visiting nurses. Moreover, ensuring safety measures for nurses working in small-scale agencies is of utmost importance. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2022; ••: ••-••.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1444-1586",
doi="10.1111/ggi.14420",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14420"
}