Differences in the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among female and male custodians

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Cavallari, Jennifer M ; Ahuja, Manik ; Dugan, Alicia G ; Meyer, John D ; Simcox, Nancy ; Wakai, Sara ; Garza, Jennifer L
• Description:
  Background
  
  The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among custodians is high. We sought to compare musculoskeletal symptoms between female and male custodians and to explore how task might affect this relationship.
  
  Methods
  
  A cross-sectional study was performed among 712 custodians who completed a survey assessing upper extremity, back, and lower extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and exposure to cleaning tasks. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were used to test for associations between gender, cleaning tasks, and musculoskeletal symptoms.
  
  Results
  
  Gender was significantly (p<0.05) associated with musculoskeletal symptoms in chi-squared tests and multivariate analyses. The prevalence ratio of symptoms among women was roughly 50% higher than men, regardless of the tasks that workers performed.
  
  Conclusions
  
  The prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms differed for female and male custodians and appeared to be consistent across a range of job tasks.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Back Connecticut Cross-Sectional Studies Female Household Work Humans Logistic Models Lower Extremity Male Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Diseases Prevalence Sex Distribution Surveys And Questionnaires Upper Extremity Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Cleaners Disparities Gender Housekeepers Physical Exposures Sex Task
• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 59(10):841-852
• Pubmed ID:
  27409071
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5026587
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R21 OH009831/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b9ed4063f02a3efa1e220d0877ec2525b9d44d8c9c7a6c6665fd4110ff1bd16f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41348/cdc_41348_DS1.pdf
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