Breathing Patterns During Job-Related Tasks for Home Healthcare Workers Influencing Aerosol Exposure.
Home healthcare workers (HHCWs) experience a higher incidence of hazardous bioaerosol exposures compared to workers in many other occupational sectors. This study explores how the working postures of HHCWs influence lung volume, which would relate to aerosol exposure assessments of these workers. A...
| Publicado en: | Home Health Care Management & Practice Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 208 - 215 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Aug2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194993522&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194993522 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10848223 96C jtl: Home Health Care Management & Practice issn: 10848223 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 38 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 194993522 186233086 194993522 194993522 10.1177/10848223251352497 194993522 ppf: 208 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Breathing Patterns During Job-Related Tasks for Home Healthcare Workers Influencing Aerosol Exposure. aug: au: Bellacov, Ryan L. Davis, Kermit G. Wang, Jun Kotowski, Susan affil: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA sug: subj: Respiration Evaluation Home Health Care Home Health Aides Aerosols Environmental Exposure Task Performance and Analysis Funding Source Human Male Female Adult Descriptive Statistics Tidal Volume Oxygen Consumption Respiratory Rate Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Spirometry Pearson's Correlation Coefficient Anthropometry Prospective Studies Quantitative Studies Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Home healthcare workers (HHCWs) experience a higher incidence of hazardous bioaerosol exposures compared to workers in many other occupational sectors. This study explores how the working postures of HHCWs influence lung volume, which would relate to aerosol exposure assessments of these workers. A controlled laboratory study investigating 8 job tasks for 20 HHCWs including static trunk postures (upright, 30°, 60°, and 90°) and dynamic postures (patient lift and equipment lift). The dependent variables were oxygen consumption, tidal volume, and respiration rate. The HHCWs job tasks of patient handling and equipment lift had double the respiration rate compared to the static posture tasks (35 bpm vs 15 bpm). In the static job tasks, standing upright had a tidal volume of 12 L, with forward-leaning postures reduced to 8 L. When comparing amplitude abdominal expansion, forward-leaning postures gave the most differences, from 13.7 w to the lowest 2.2 w. The results of the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and post-hoc Tukey tests indicate that almost all tested postures have a significant impact on lung spirometry (p <.001; 15 of 20 postures). The study findings indicate that lung spirometry was altered by posture and activity level, which likely changes the aerosol exposures. HHCWs commonly perform patient handling tasks, not only putting themselves at risk for musculoskeletal injuries but also increasing bioaerosol risk. Failure to account for body postures may result in worker exposure being misestimated. This study demonstrated that posture and activity level influence aerosol exposure and needs be considered when investigating multiple exposures. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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