The Relationship between Firefighters' Work Demand and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders: The Moderating Role of Task Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency workers such as firefighters are cataloged within the most demanding and injurious professions globally. Considering the health and safety implications in firefighting, a lot of research needs to be conducted to examine how firefighters' task characteristics and their work demand influence the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). This study therefore examines how the task characteristics of firefighters moderates the relationship between their work demand and the development of WMSDs.

Methods

Convenient sampling was employed to select 320 firefighters in the Greater Accra region of Ghana. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression.

Results

The findings revealed that work demand and task c

SUBMITTER: Kodom-Wiredu JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6428967 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature