Title
Psychosocial work characteristics in relation to neck and upper limb symptoms
Author
van den Heuvel, S.G.
van der Beek, A.J.
Blatter, B.M.
Hoogendoorn, W.E.
Bongers, P.M.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2005
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and neck and upper limb symptoms and to examine to what extent this relationship could be explained by other risk factors. Data were used from a prospective cohort study in a working population, with a follow-up period of 3 years. The 3-year cumulative incidence rates of neck or upper limb symptoms, neck/shoulder symptoms and elbow/wrist/hand symptoms were 32, 24 and 15%, respectively. After adjustment for potential confounders high job demands was identified as a risk factor for neck/shoulder symptoms (RR: 2.1; CI: 1.2-3.6) and elbow/wrist/hand symptoms (RR: 1.9; CI: 1.0-3.7), and low social support of co-workers was identified as a risk factor for elbow/wrist/hand symptoms (RR: 2.2; CI: 1.0-4.9). Partly, but not exclusively, these relationships were intermediated by an increased exposure to physical risk factors and increased stress symptoms. Personal characteristics did not considerably influence the main effects of the identified risk factors. © 2004 International Association for the Study of Pain. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Subject
Workplace
Veilig en Gezond Werken
Coping
Musculoskeletal pain
Psychosocial factors
Arm disease
Cohort analysis
Confidence interval
Controlled study
Elbow disease
Follow up
Hand disease
Incidence
Job analysis
Major clinical study
Neck injury
Occupational disease
Occupational exposure
Occupational hazard
Population research
Repetitive strain injury
Risk assessment
Shoulder
Social psychology
Social support
Stress
Worker
Wrist disease
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Employment
Humans
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Neck Pain
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Psychology
Risk Factors
Social Environment
Work Schedule Tolerance
Workload
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pain.2004.12.008
TNO identifier
238353
ISSN
0304-3959
Source
Pain, 114 (1-2), 47-53
Document type
article