Psychosocial work factors and shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners

Burgel, Barbara J.; White, Mary C.; Gillen, Marion; Krause, Niklas

doi:10.1002/ajim.20832

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“…The English courts have recognized that work related stressors are associated with employees' mental breakdowns and their physical health, and employers are responsible from the health of their employees (Onciul, 1996:748). Epidemiological studies show that the risks of musculoskeletal injuries or symptoms that can be increased by work stress (Bernard, 1997;Joksimovic et al, 2002;Gillen et al, 2007;Burgel et al, 2010;Eatough et al, 2012;Yu et al, 2012;in Lee, Lee, Gillen and Krause, 2014: 214). Elovainio, Kivimaki and Vahtera (2002) found that organizational justice is one of the stress factors that can cause physical and psychological reactions.…”

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The Effects of Organizational Justice and Ethical Climate on Perceived Work Related Stress

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Stress leads to negative consequences for employees and organizations. Therefore, understanding the relation of stress with other variables is important. This paper examines the relationship between organizational justice, ethical climate and perceived work Related Stress. According to the findings from 915 employees, there exists a significant negative relationship between distributional and procedural justice and work related stress. In addition, ethical climate also has a negative effect on work related stress. With this study, it can be inferred that development of ethical climate and organizational justice within the organizations help to decrease the work related stress of employees.

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The Effects of Organizational Justice and Ethical Climate on Perceived Work Related Stress

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“…Among them, two studies examined back and neck pain separately and showed that the association with effort-reward imbalance was stronger for neck pain than for back pain 17,21) . Other studies showed an association of effort-reward imbalance with shoulder pain 8) , upper extremity pain 9) , neck/upper-extremity injury 17) , low back and neck injury 21) and musculoskeletal symptoms (nonspecified) 19,23) . Our results among men are in agreement with these studies, except for upper extremity symptoms that did not display any association with effortreward imbalance in our study.…”

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“…Furthermore, we also studied lower extremity symptoms, a location very seldom investigated in the topic of psychosocial work factors, and especially effort-reward imbalance 17) . We studied both biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures as risk factors of musculoskeletal symptoms, something that may be considered as a major strength; some previous studies have underlined the need to control for a potential confounding effect of biomechanical factors in the study of the association between psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal pain 8,9) .…”

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“…These reviews also underlined the lack of adjustment for biomechanical factors in the published studies on psychosocial work exposures. Indeed, some authors showed that controlling for biomechanical factors may be essential to study the role of psychosocial work factors in musculoskeletal symptoms 8,9) . But studies exploring the association of biomechanical and psychosocial work factors simultaneously with musculoskeletal symptoms remain rare, as is the use of validated instruments to measure psychosocial work factors.…”

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“…Studies exploring the association between this conceptual model and musculoskeletal disorders are still lacking. Some studies have suggested that effort-reward imbalance and/or overcommitment may be associated with musculoskeletal pain in various working groups, including hotel room cleaners 8) , hospital workers 17) , nurses 18) , call center computer operators 9) , transport employees [19][20][21] , dental technicians 22) and public sector employees 23) . The objectives of this study were to explore the associations between biomechanical and psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal symptoms in a sample of vineyard workers using a validated instrument for measuring effort-reward imbalance model and biomechanical factors relevant to this population.…”

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

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Bouée

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms amongVineyard Workers: Christophe Bernard, et al. CCMSA, France-Objectives: This study explored the associations between biomechanical and psychosocial work factors and musculoskeletal symptoms in vineyard workers. Methods: This crosssectional study was based on a random sample of 2,824 male and 1,123 female vineyard workers in France. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Neck/shoulder, back and upper and lower extremity symptoms were evaluated using the Nordic questionnaire. Biomechanical exposures included 15 tasks related to vineyard activities. Psychosocial work factors included effort-reward imbalance and overcommitment, measured using the effort-reward imbalance model, and low job control and insufficient material means. Statistical analysis was performed using logistic regression analysis, and the results were adjusted for age, body mass index, educational level, work status and years in vineyard. Results: Pruning-related factors increased the risk of upper extremity pain for both genders, of back pain for men and of neck/shoulder and lower extremity pain for women. Driving increased the risk of neck/shoulder and back pain among men. Psychosocial work factors, which were insufficient material means, overcommitment (both genders), effort-reward imbalance (men) and low j o b c o n t r o l ( w o m e n ) , w e r e a s s o c i a t e d w i t h musculoskeletal symptoms, back and upper extremity pain for both genders and neck/shoulder and lower extremity pain for men. Conclusions: These results underlined that both biomechanical and psychosocial work factors may play a role in musculoskeletal pain among vineyard workers. Prevention policies focusing on both biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures may be useful to prevent musculoskeletal symptoms. (J Occup Health 2011; 53: 297-311) Key words: Biomechanical exposures, Musculoskeletal symptoms, Psychosocial work factors, Vineyard workers Musculoskeletal symptoms are considered to be a major occupational health issue especially among blue collar and service workers. The prevalence of these symptoms may be high, as the prevalence of back or neck/shoulder pain may be up to 40% 1) and often more in some sectors of work. These disorders lead to high human, social and economic costs (health care, disability, sickness absence, early retirement, etc.) [2][3][4] . In addition, musculoskeletal disorders are one of the leading occupational diseases in France and in many other industrialized countries. The etiology of these disorders is probably multifactorial and involves both biomechanical and psychosocial work exposures. However, whereas biomechanical factors are recognized as well-known risk factors, the etiological role of psychosocial work factors may be more controversial, as showed in literature reviews that provided little evidence for this role [5][6][7] . These reviews also underlined the lack of adjustment for biomechanical factors in the published s...

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Job stress and work‐related musculoskeletal symptoms among intensive care unit nurses: a comparison between job demand‐control and effort‐reward imbalance models

Lee

Gillen

et al. 2013

American J Industrial Med

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Psychosocial work factors and shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners

Abstract: ERI is independently associated with shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners even after adjustment for physical workload and other risk factors.

Cited by 43 publications

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The Effects of Organizational Justice and Ethical Climate on Perceived Work Related Stress

The Effects of Organizational Justice and Ethical Climate on Perceived Work Related Stress

Biomechanical and Psychosocial Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Vineyard Workers

Job stress and work‐related musculoskeletal symptoms among intensive care unit nurses: a comparison between job demand‐control and effort‐reward imbalance models

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