The impact of occupational and personal factors on musculoskeletal pain - a cohort study of female nurses, sonographers and teachers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal pain is common in the general population and constitutes a major public health problem. A large proportion of these conditions may be work related. The aim of this study was to explore the relative importance of physical, psychosocial and personal factors, in number of pain sites and in five specific pain sites, among women in common professions with a broad variety of occupational exposures.

Methods

A cohort of 1115 women responded to a questionnaire on ergonomic, psychosocial, personal and life-style factors, and the outcome measure of musculoskeletal pain (based on frequency and intensity of complaints at nine anatomical sites), at baseline and at follow-up. Sum scores of ergonomic and psychosocial factors were created. The importance of exposur

SUBMITTER: Arvidsson I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7501652 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature