Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Risk of Burnout in Child Care Workers - A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

German child care workers' job satisfaction is influenced by the consequences of unfavourable underlying conditions. Child care workers tend to suffer from psychosocial stress, as they feel that their work is undervalued. The objective of the present study is to investigate how the psychosocial factors of the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model influence musculoskeletal symptoms (MS) and the risk of burnout. To our knowledge this is the first study investigating the association between the factors of the ERI model and MS in child care workers.

Methods and findings

Data from 199 child care workers were examined in a cross-sectional study. Psychosocial factors were recorded with the ERI questionnaire. MS was recorded with the Nordic Questionnaire and risk of burnout

SUBMITTER: Koch P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4619302 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature