Impact of work organizational factors on carpal tunnel syndrome and epicondylitis

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Bao, Stephen S. ; Kapellusch, Jay M. ; Merryweather, Andrew S. ; Thiese, Matthew S. ; Garg, Arun ; Hegmann, Kurt T. ; Silverstein, Barbara A. ; Marcum, Jennifer L. ; Tang, Ruoliang
• Description:
  Objective ; To identify relationships between work organizational variables (job rotation, overtime work, having a second job and work pacing)a and health outcome measures carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), lateral and medial epicondylitis (LEPI/MEPI). ; Methods ; Using a pooled baseline cohort of 1834 subjects, the relationships were studied using logistic regression models. ; Results ; Varied degrees of associations between the work organizational and outcomes variables were found. Job rotation was significantly associated with being a CTS case (OR = 1.23, 95% CI: 1.00–1.50). Overtime work was significantly associated with lower LEPI prevalence (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.28–0.84). No statistically significant associations were found between having a second job and different work pacing and any of the three health outcome measures. ; Conclusions ; Work organizational variables were only partially associated with the studied health outcomes.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Tennis Elbow
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
  • job rotation
  • work pacing
  • overtime worka
  • biomechanical exposure
  • psychosocial factors
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 58(8):760-764
• Pubmed ID:
  27414007
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4980299
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH010474/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/40889/cdc_40889_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 281.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c5a1e28b739aaf175d0dcb613471b5b74c52ca0a9e1f912d32159489099decd6