Psychosocial Factors in a Pooled Analysis of Low Back Pain Prospective Cohorts

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• Personal Author:
  Ferguson S ; Garg, Arun ; Hegmann K ; Kapellusch J ; Lu M-L ; Malloy B ; Marras W ; Merryweather A ; Tang R ; Thiese MS
• Description:
  Psychosocial factors are increasingly associated with musculoskeletal disorders. This presentation assesses the relationship between multiple psychosocial measures and low back pain (LBP) while controlling for personal and occupational factors. Descriptive statistics, crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated for relationships between psychosocial factors of poor supervisor support, poor coworker support, poor control of breaks, poor control of job tasks and poor control of job pace with personal factors (age, gender, body mass index, smoking status) and company tenure. Long company tenure, working 10 or more years, was most strongly associated with poor supervisor support (OR=5.02, 95% CI=3.05, 8.25) and poor job satisfaction (OR=2.94, 95% CI=1.80, 4.80). Female gender was statistically protective for some measures (poor supervisor support OR=0.67, 95% CI= 0.54, 0.84), while being an increased risk for others (poor control over job pace OR=1.26, 95% CI=1.00, 1.58). These results suggest that multiple psychosocial factors are associated with both personal factors and company tenure, suggesting that there may be interplay between psychosocial factors and personal factors in the relationships with musculoskeletal disorders, including low back pain. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Industrial Environment Low Back Pain NIOSH Lifting Equation Statistical Analysis
• ISSN:
  1541-9312
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054756
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 62nd Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2018 Sep; 62(1):
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 62nd Annual Meeting, October 1-5, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:199573277160e1602eb602d4da5037a86d0a1864b00c6c302ca9e85e94955f36e4120b36e61ac57808fc1c3eee3646335ae42177cc831a7ba8b0d52d21363910
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