Observational Stress Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders in Urban Transit Operators

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• Personal Author:
  Greiner BA ; Krause N
• Description:
  Associations and pathways between observed (rather than self-reported) job stressors and musculoskeletal disorders in 66 transit operators were investigated to determine specific stressors and vulnerable body regions affected, while adjusting for physical workload. Job stressors, defined as barriers to progress with work, comprised 7 categories and the sum of stressors. Outcomes included back and neck pain, low back pain, neck pain, pain of the upper extremities and the lower extremities, and any combination of these. Stressors were significantly associated with the combined musculoskeletal disorders category (odds ratio [OR] = 1.55), back and neck pain (OR = 1.41), low back pain (OR = 1.46), and pain in the lower extremities (OR = 1.44) after controlling for confounders. Five barrier categories had at least 1 significant association with outcomes. Results provide specific intervention targets by avoiding common method variance bias. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological Transportation
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Injuries Job-stress Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Neck-injuries Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Physical-stress Risk-analysis Risk-factors Stress Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-8998
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  38-51
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031057
• Citation:
  J Occup Health Psychol 2006 Jan; 11(1):38-51
• Email:
  b.greiner@ucc.ie
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf795027afde7678c4445bb4a9b9764554044a37231a286643655517f952fabdb4698ea0277e288a22c96f3c8d93587cf2f1c852abe721d73d74eb4094480249
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191438/cdc_191438_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.70 MB ]