Psychosocial Work Factors and Shoulder Pain in Hotel Room Cleaners

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• Personal Author:
  Burgel BJ ; Gillen, Matthew ; Krause N ; White MC
• Description:
  Background: Hotel room cleaners have physically demanding jobs that place them at high risk for shoulder pain. Psychosocial work factors may also play a role in shoulder pain, but their independent role has not been studied in this group. Methods: Seventy-four percent (941 of 1,276) of hotel room cleaners from five Las Vegas hotels completed a 29-page survey assessing health status, working conditions, and psychosocial work factors. For this study, 493 of the 941 (52%) with complete data for 21 variables were included in multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: Fifty-six percent reported shoulder pain in the prior four weeks. Room cleaners with effort-reward imbalance (ERI) were three times as likely to report shoulder pain (OR 2.99, 95% CI 1.95-4.59, P=0.000) even after adjustment for physical workload and other factors. After adjustment for physical workload, job strain and iso-strain were not significantly associated with shoulder pain. Conclusions: ERI is independently associated with shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners even after adjustment for physical workload and other risk factors. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Household Work Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hotel Room Cleaners Effort-reward Imbalance Housekeeping Personnel Iso-strain Job Strain Job Stress MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Psychological Responses Psychosocial Factors Psychosocial Work Factors Shoulder Pain Upper Extremities

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Nevada ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053729
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2010 Jul; 53(7):743-756
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Barbara J. Burgel, University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way, N505Y, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608
• Email:
  barbara.burgel@nursing.ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1689f3c9949277c40c27bd64495c5e0c254b1b221d0f8520bf3e671e0824c23695acaa9153c5559e88bfcba39a2ba73a89f21a50037e7b6ab464baefac4cacb6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216440/cdc_216440_DS1.pdf
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