OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether different combinations of working and living conditions are associated with the risk for persistent neck/shoulder and/or low back disorders. The underlying purpose of this contextual approach was to identify target groups for primary/secondary prevention. METHODS: In a baseline study, 11 groups with different working and living conditions were identified by cluster analysis. In this study, these 11 groups were followed up by a postal questionnaire 5 years after baseline (response rate 82%, n = 1095). RESULTS: Five of the groups--the onerous human services job, the free agent, the family burden, the mentally stretched and the physically strained groups--had an increased risk for persistent disorders (OR 2.38-2.70). Four of these groups had rather sex-specific working and living conditions. CONCLUSIONS: The results support the hypothesis that different combinations of working and living conditions may increase the risk for persistent neck/shoulder and/or low back disorders to different degrees. Sex-specific working and living conditions increased the risk for women as well as for men, irrespective of whether the conditions were specific to women or men.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether different combinations of working and living conditions are associated with the risk for persistent neck/shoulder and/or low back disorders. The underlying purpose of this contextual approach was to identify target groups for primary/secondary prevention. METHODS: In a baseline study, 11 groups with different working and living conditions were identified by cluster analysis. In this study, these 11 groups were followed up by a postal questionnaire 5 years after baseline (response rate 82%, n = 1095). RESULTS: Five of the groups--the onerous human services job, the free agent, the family burden, the mentally stretched and the physically strained groups--had an increased risk for persistent disorders (OR 2.38-2.70). Four of these groups had rather sex-specific working and living conditions. CONCLUSIONS: The results support the hypothesis that different combinations of working and living conditions may increase the risk for persistent neck/shoulder and/or low back disorders to different degrees. Sex-specific working and living conditions increased the risk for women as well as for men, irrespective of whether the conditions were specific to women or men.
Authors: E Vingård; L Alfredsson; M Hagberg; A Kilbom; T Theorell; M Waldenström; E W Hjelm; C Wiktorin; C Hogstedt Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) Date: 2000-02-15 Impact factor: 3.468
Authors: E W Tornqvist; A Kilbom ; E Vingård; L Alfredsson; M Hagberg; T Theorell; M Waldenström; C Wiktorin; C Hogstedt Journal: Epidemiology Date: 2001-09 Impact factor: 4.822
Authors: Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Grooten; Christina Wiktorin; Linda Norrman; Malin Josephson; Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist; Lars Alfredsson Journal: J Occup Environ Med Date: 2004-02 Impact factor: 2.162