Stephen S Bao1, Jay M Kapellusch, Andrew S Merryweather, Matthew S Thiese, Arun Garg, Kurt T Hegmann, Barbara A Silverstein, Jennifer L Marcum, Ruoliang Tang. 1. Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia (Drs Bao, Silverstein, Marcum); Department of Occupational Science & Technology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Drs Kapellusch, Garg, Tang); Department of Mechanical Engineering (Dr Merryweather), and Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH), University of Utah, Salt Lake City (Drs Thiese, Hegmann).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify relationships between work organizational variables (job rotation, overtime work, having a second job, and work pacing) (These work organizational variables and their relationships with biomechanical and psychosocial exposures were studied previously and published in a separate paper.) and health outcome measures [carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), lateral and medial epicondylitis (LEPI/MEPI)]. METHODS: Using a pooled baseline cohort of 1834 subjects, the relationships were studied using logistic regression models. RESULTS: Varied degrees of associations between the work organizational and outcomes variables were found. Job rotation was significantly associated with being a CTS case [odds ratio (OR) = 1.23, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.00 to 1.50]. Overtime work was significantly associated with lower LEPI prevalence (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.84). No statistically significant associations were found between having a second job and different work pacing and any of the three health outcome measures. CONCLUSIONS: Work organizational variables were only partially associated with the studied health outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify relationships between work organizational variables (job rotation, overtime work, having a second job, and work pacing) (These work organizational variables and their relationships with biomechanical and psychosocial exposures were studied previously and published in a separate paper.) and health outcome measures [carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), lateral and medial epicondylitis (LEPI/MEPI)]. METHODS: Using a pooled baseline cohort of 1834 subjects, the relationships were studied using logistic regression models. RESULTS: Varied degrees of associations between the work organizational and outcomes variables were found. Job rotation was significantly associated with being a CTS case [odds ratio (OR) = 1.23, 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.00 to 1.50]. Overtime work was significantly associated with lower LEPI prevalence (OR = 0.48, 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.84). No statistically significant associations were found between having a second job and different work pacing and any of the three health outcome measures. CONCLUSIONS: Work organizational variables were only partially associated with the studied health outcomes.
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