Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated the relationship between verbal aggression against school teachers and upper extremity (neck, shoulder, upper limb, and/or upper back) musculoskeletal pain.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of 525 elementary school teachers from Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Northeast Brazil.

Results

The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among teachers who reported verbal aggression in the past six months (67.7%) was higher than that among those who did not report verbal aggression (51.7%): (prevalence ratio = 1.21; 95% confidence interval = 1.04-1.40). The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was associated with verbal aggression, sex, and common mental disorders, controlled by skin color, age, monthly income, teach

SUBMITTER: Ceballos AGC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7303528 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature