| Occupation | Sector | Of occupation | Injury rate per 100 FTE | Adjusted RR for all-injuries (95 CIs) | Adjusted RR for MSIs (95 CIs) |
| RNs | Acute care | 73.2 | 21.9 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Community care | 19.7 | 7.7 | 0.38 (0.33 to 0.43) | 0.41 (0.31 to 0.55) | |
| p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | ||||
| Nursing homes | 7.1 | 17.2 | 0.87 (0.62 to 1.21) | 1.30 (0.80 to 2.10) | |
| 0.4046 | p0.2897 | ||||
| LPNs | Acute care | 74.5 | 30.5 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Community Care | No data | No data | No data | No data | |
| Nursing homes | 24.6 | 26.8 | 0.81 (0.73 to 0.90) | 0.81 (0.77 to 0.86) | |
| p<0.0001 | p<0.0001 | ||||
| CAs | Acute care | 31.0 | 30.7 | 1.00 (ref.) | 1.00 (ref.) |
| Community Care | 26.8 | 25.3 | 0.80 (0.66 to 0.96) | 0.96 (0.87 to 1.06) | |
| p0.0202 | p0.3925 | ||||
| Nursing homes | 42.2 | 37.0 | 1.22 (0.92 to 1.63) | 1.42 (1.09 to 1.85) | |
| p0.1686 | p0.0086 |
CA represents care-aides, nursing assistants, community health workers.
Ref., reference.
RRs, 95 CIs and p values were derived from Poisson regression model with generalised estimating equations.
Adjusted variables: gender and age; health region were treated as cluster variables in the model.
LPNs were under-utilised in community care. There were very few LPNs requested for community care-posted positions. The combined productive hours in three health regions produced the equivalent of 9 person-years. This indicates that in community care for LPNs there was only enough time-at-risk hours equivalent to a total of nine people across three health regions working full-time for 1 year. The data are insufficient to make any calculations of relative risk.40