Workplace psychosocial and organizational factors for neck pain in workers in the United States

Abstract

Background Neck pain is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition among workers in the United States. This study explores a set of workplace psychosocial and organization-related factors for neck pain. Methods Data used for this study comes from the 2010 National Health interview Survey which provides a representative sample of the US population. To account for the complex sampling design, the Taylor linearized variance estimation method was used. Logistic regression models were constructed to measure the associations. Results This study demonstrated significant associations between neck pain and a set of workplace risk factors including work-family imbalance, exposure to a hostile work environment and job insecurity, non-standard work arrangements, multiple jobs and long work hours. Conclusion Workers with neck pain may benefit from intervention programs that address issues related to these workplace risk factors. Future studies exploring both psychosocial risk factors and physical risk factors with a longitudinal design will be important.

Risk factors of non-specific neck pain and low back pain in computer-using office workers in China: a cross-sectional study

“…These results are consistent with those of Open Access previous studies. [6][7][8] Women are known to have a higher prevalence of NP/LBP and to be more susceptible to environmental risk factors than men. This might be due to their physical inactivity, lower bone mineral density and specific anatomical structure.…”

“…4 5 In addition, some studies have also indicated that occupational factors, including prolonged sedentary or office work hours, high work load/demands and inappropriate workstation designs, are associated with NP and/or LBP. [6][7][8] Sedentary or office workers in schools, hospitals and the military have been observed to have a high incidence and prevalence of NP and LBP. [9][10][11] This might be caused by their prolonged sitting time and specific body postures, such as inappropriate neck or Risk factors of non-specific neck pain and low back pain in computerusing office workers in China: a crosssectional study Sunyue Ye, 1,2 Qinglei Jing, 2 Chen Wei, 1 Open Access low back flexion or rotation, as well as other workplace environmental factors.…”

Possible Role of Myopia as a Risk Factor for Mechanical Neck Pain in Medical Students: A Pilot Study

“…A neck pain without GMJ.2019;8:e1287 www.gmj.ir apparent radiculopathy, myelopathy, or any definite underlying pathogenesis is known as the mechanical neck pain (MNP) [6]. A wide spectrum of individual, mechanical, and psychosocial predisposing factors, such as female gender, older age, prolonged sitting and poor postures, monotonous work tasks, depression, and occupational stress are associated with neck pain [7][8][9][10][11]. More recently, the correlation between ocular and musculoskeletal symptoms has become the focus of some studies.…”

Trapezius muscle activity and body movement at the beginning and the end of a workday and during the lunch period in female office employees

“…The authors also explained that it would have been possible to fulfill this task without activity in the trapezius muscle. Based on the study by Zennaro11 ) and taking into account further studies showing that the hours spent with computer work per day are correlated with neck pain16, 24, 25, 26 ) , it would be interesting to know, how the trapezius muscle behaves in the course of a full day of computer work. It may be assumed that some subjects exhibit little or no rest time and that the amount of rest time decreases over the course of a working day.…”