A prospective study of work perceptions and psychosocial factors affecting the report of back injury

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• Personal Author:
  Battie MC ; Bigos SJ ; Fisher LD ; Fordyce WE ; Hansson TH ; Nachemson AL ; Spengler DM ; Wortley MD
• Description:
  Work perceptions and psychosocial factors affecting the report of back injury were examined. A longitudinal prospective study was conducted on 3,020 aircraft employees to identify risk factors for reporting acute back pain at work. During slightly more than four years of followup, 279 subjects reported back problems. Other than a history of current or recent back problems, the factors noted to be most predictive of subsequent reports in a multivariate model were work perceptions and certain psychosocial responses. Subjects who stated that they hardly ever enjoyed their job tasks were 2.5 times more likely to report a back injury than subjects who almost always enjoyed their job tasks. The quintile of subjects scoring highest on Scale-3 of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were two times more likely to report a back injury than subjects with the lowest scores. The multivariate model revealed that subjects in the highest risk group had 3.3 times the number of reports in the lowest risk group. The authors conclude that the results emphasize the importance of adopting a broader approach to the multifaceted problem of back complaints in industry. The results help to explain why past efforts focusing purely on physical factors have been unsuccessful. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerospace Medicine Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Aerospace-workers Analytical-models Back-injuries Job-stress Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Occupational-psychology Risk-factors Work-performance Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0362-2436
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00200729
• Citation:
  Spine 1991 Jan; 16(1):1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  Orthopaedics University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics Seattle, Wash 98195
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19800401
• Source Full Name:
  Spine
• End Date:
  19870331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c571a7df9a36baa724feab3f18c1ca8000987a453c2f84ec2da0e5baa62bfba0b02333b3607fd957259359412c56cab376711464141905f6c195a98eb2ce1793
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204037/cdc_204037_DS1.pdf
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