Workplace Psychosocial Factors, Work Organization, and Physical Exertion as Risk Factors for Low Back Pain Among US Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Shockey, Taylor ; Alterman, Toni ; Yang, Haiou ; Lu, Ming-Lun
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To evaluate the association between workplace psychosocial, organization, and physical risk factors with low back pain (LBP) among US workers.
  
  Methods:
  
  2015 National Health Interview Survey data were analyzed to calculate the prevalence rates and prevalence ratios for LBP across levels of workplace psychosocial and organizational risk factors among 17,464 US adult workers who worked ≥20 hours per week. Results were also stratified by workplace physical exertion.
  
  Results:
  
  The adjusted prevalence rates of LBP were significantly elevated for workers reporting high job demand, low job control, work-family imbalance, bullying, job insecurity, working alternate shifts, and physical exertion. Job control and nonstandard shifts were significantly associated with LBP only among those who reported low/no physical exertion.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  LBP prevalence was associated with select workplace psychosocial and organization risk factors. Stratification by physical exertion modified multiple associations.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Bullying Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Surveys Humans Low Back Pain Male Middle Aged Occupational Diseases Physical Exertion Prevalence Risk Factors United States Work-Life Balance Workplace Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Job Demand Job Insecurity Low Back Pain Occupational Risk Factors Psychosocial Factors Work-family Imbalance Workplace Physical Exertion
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 66(6):467-474
• Pubmed ID:
  38471812
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11683765
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:5ab74e05c4daa77f6d3697dd227d3ea75976bccacf74e228dacb1844d0d092b781dfdcfa1b2e362221c1176b411b2017a7996dc9ffdaa308088ff5158dc27576
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