Low back and neck pain: objective and subjective measures of workplace psychosocial and physical hazards
Autor: | Margo Ketels, Jodi Oakman, Els Clays |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Physical hazard Job control medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Belgium Musculoskeletal Pain medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Workplace Exercise Low back Occupational Health Aged Neck pain Rehabilitation Neck Pain business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged 030210 environmental & occupational health Low back pain nervous system diseases Occupational Diseases Physical therapy population characteristics Female medicine.symptom business Psychosocial Low Back Pain |
Zdroj: | International archives of occupational and environmental health. 94(7) |
ISSN: | 1432-1246 |
Popis: | This study explored the role of occupational physical activity (OPA), physical demands and psychosocial work-related factors on low back pain (LBP) and neck–shoulder pain (NSP) amongst workers with physically demanding professions. Data from 331 participants within the service and manufacturing sector in the Flemish Employees’ Physical Activity (FEPA) study were used, with objective measures of OPA and subjective measures of physical and psychosocial work environment. A modified Nordic questionnaire collected data on LBP and NSP. LBP (> 30 days over a year) was reported by 25% of participants, NSP (> 30 days over a year) by 30% and the composite measure of LBP/NSP simultaneously by 17%. Objective measures of OPA were not significantly associated with any pain groups. In the final model, self-reported physical demands were associated with NSP (OR 2.03, 95% CI 1.30–3.18) and LBP/NSP (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.16–3.45) but not LBP. Job control was negatively associated with LBP (OR 0.59, 95% CI 0.35–0.99) and LBP/NSP (OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.3–0.98). Objective measures were not associated with LBP or NSP. Self-reported measures provided insights into potential workplace hazards such as physical demands and job control which can be used to inform future strategies to prevent the development of LBP and NSP. |
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