Association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers

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• Personal Author:
  Boden LI ; Buxton OM ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Hashimoto DM ; Kim S-S ; Okechukwu CA ; Sorensen, Glorian
• Description:
  Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that work-family conflict is an important risk factor for workers' health and well-being. The goal of this study is to examine association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers. Methods: We analyzed a cross-sectional survey of 1,119 hospital patient care workers in 105 units in two urban, academic hospitals. Work-family conflict was measured by 5-item Work-Family Conflict Scale questionnaire. Multilevel logistic regression was applied to examine associations between work-family conflict and self-reported musculoskeletal pain in the past 3 months, adjusting for covariates including work-related psychosocial factors and physical work factors. Results: In fully adjusted models, high work-family conflict was strongly associated with neck or shoulder pain (OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.64-3.34), arm pain (OR: 2.79, 95% CI: 1.64-4.75), lower extremity pain (OR: 2.20, 95% CI: 1.54-3.15) and any musculoskeletal pain (OR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.56-3.85), and a number of body areas in pain (OR: 2.47, 95% CI: 1.82-3.36) in the past 3 months. The association with low back pain was attenuated and became non-significant after adjusting for covariates. Conclusions: Given the consistent associations between work-family conflict and self-reported musculoskeletal pains, the results suggest that work-family conflict could be an important domain for health promotion and workplace policy development among hospital patient care workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Work-family Conflict Back-injuries Body-regions Families Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Hospital Worker Low Back Pain Mathematical-models Medical-services Muscle-tension Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musculoskeletal Symptoms Pain-tolerance Questionnaires Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Stress Total-Worker-Health Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  488-495
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042984
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Apr; 56(4):488-495
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Seung-Sup Kim, ScD, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, 2300 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037
• Email:
  sskim@gwu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aceab2045734c6b38c5fc5245096de63dbcea18813a803a8ba371e98b6b1579aa26588e5e658e8e074e51bf552665947e1cfc29648c8245c5fe63b79d6c84836
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195029/cdc_195029_DS1.pdf
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