Ergonomic infant care for parents : primary prevention guidebook for parents during infant care from ages 0-1
Shalah, Anna (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023120433910
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023120433910
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Ergonomic infant care is a broad topic. Infant care isn’t regarded as an occupation since it is not a paid occupation. Several hours are put into infant care, burdening the parents and their musculoskeletal system. Little research is provided on this topic, but enough to conclude that parents suffer from musculoskeletal disorders due to this occupation. Several daily tasks are done in awkward positions straining their bodies, resulting in mainly back and neck pains. The thesis aimed to author a quality guidebook for parents with infants from the ages 0-1. This primary prevention of musculoskeletal disorders guidebook guides parents to acknowledge their bodily posture as they take care of their infants during different daily tasks. This was in cooperation with Olennainen and will be given to their clients.
The objective of this thesis was to research different studies through action research, to find evidence-based knowledge on how to prevent musculoskeletal disorders from occurring during the occupation of infant care.
The databases that were used during this process of finding evidence-based knowledge were PubMed, Finna, and Google Scholar. Which provided studies backing up this topic. Books were used as well to gather the basics of biomechanics and anatomical structures.
During the process of action research, the research question of how we can prevent musculoskeletal disorders from occurring during infant care was answered. Educating parents about their ergonomics was the key to preventing the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders during infant care from ages 0-1.
The objective of this thesis was to research different studies through action research, to find evidence-based knowledge on how to prevent musculoskeletal disorders from occurring during the occupation of infant care.
The databases that were used during this process of finding evidence-based knowledge were PubMed, Finna, and Google Scholar. Which provided studies backing up this topic. Books were used as well to gather the basics of biomechanics and anatomical structures.
During the process of action research, the research question of how we can prevent musculoskeletal disorders from occurring during infant care was answered. Educating parents about their ergonomics was the key to preventing the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders during infant care from ages 0-1.