Psychosocial stress and multi-site musculoskeletal pain: a cross-sectional survey of patient care workers

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• Personal Author:
  Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Hashimoto D ; Hopcia K ; Kenwood C ; O'Day ET ; Sembajwe G ; Sorensen, Glorian ; Stoddard AM ; Tveito TH
• Description:
  The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between psychosocial factors at work and multi-site musculoskeletal pain among patient care workers. In a survey of 1,572 workers from two hospitals, occupational psychosocial factors and health outcomes of workers with single and multi-site pain were evaluated using items from the Job Content Questionnaire that was designed to measure psychological demands, decision latitude, and social support. An adapted Nordic Questionnaire provided data on the musculoskeletal pain outcome. Covariates included body mass index, age, gender, and occupation. The analyses revealed statistically significant associations between psychosocial demands and multi-site musculoskeletal pain among patient care associates, nurses, and administrative personnel, both men and women. Supervisor support played a significant role for nurses and women. These results remained statistically significant after adjusting for covariates. These results highlight the associations between workplace psychosocial strain and multi-site musculoskeletal pain, setting the stage for future longitudinal explorations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Body Weight Decision Making Health Personnel Men Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women

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• Keywords:
  Administration Age-factors Body-weight Decision-making Health-care Health-care-personnel Health-surveys Humans Job-analysis Medical-personnel Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nurses Nursing Occupations Pain-tolerance Psychological-factors Questionnaires Sociological-factors Supervisory-personnel Total-Worker-Health

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• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Massachusetts ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  117-125
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044657
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2013 Mar; 61(3):117-125
• Contact Point Address:
  Grace Sembajwe, ScD, MSc, Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, 2180 Third Avenue, Room 527, New York, NY 10035
• Email:
  gsembajw@hunter.cuny.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070901
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:372b690a70e295ed59010e3669912016352ecc056946c9cea9691e58f25ec1137ab5c20a1e8c64476dd13246b172e610a3c65c702766d4e254808f9c19bffe74
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/200315/cdc_200315_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 235.20 KB ]