[Prevention and reduction of low back pain cases in the operators of a social health facility in Campania]

Among the main causes of absence from work, with direct and indirect social costs, there are the low back pain that represent the most frequent complaint in health professionals. From 8 to 16% of the nursing staff and care is damaged skeletal muscle such as to limit the eligibility to work. In the Campania Region has introduced a structural adjustment program of the institutions which provide social and health care in order to improve the "practicality" and "usability" of space for guests and operators. The implementation of this program in the Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 2 North, and especially in our district 39, has been the main targets of optimizing the organization of work and reducing the percentage of low back pain. The evaluation of this program has shown that compliance with ergonomic principles leads to the prevention of psychological and physical disorders related to a bad drawing of organized labor.