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

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Kim, Seung-Sup ; Okechukwu, Cassandra ; Buxton, Orfeu M. ; Dennerlein, Jack T. ; Boden, Leslie I. ; Hashimoto, Dean M. ; 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 1119 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 confounders 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 confounders.
  
  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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Family Female Humans Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Pain Nursing Staff, Hospital Questionnaires Risk Factors Role Stress, Psychological Work

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 56(4):488-495.
• Pubmed ID:
  23019044
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4040442
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; R01HL107240/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States ; U19 OH008861/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4395c4a4cd8b43a2cbc6b36b4098355a908982233079658de2007195de78ddf7
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33688/cdc_33688_DS1.pdf
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