| Literature DB >> 34212460 |
Jongin Lee1, Hyoung-Ryoul Kim1, Dong-Wook Lee2, Mo-Yeol Kang1.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the interactive impacts between occupational physical burdens and psychological job demand or control on musculoskeletal pain (MSP) using nationally representative data for Korean workers.Entities:
Keywords: ergonomics; interaction; job control; musculoskeletal pain; workplace
Mesh:
Year: 2021 PMID: 34212460 PMCID: PMC8249184 DOI: 10.1002/1348-9585.12244
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Occup Health ISSN: 1341-9145 Impact factor: 2.708
Demographic characteristics according to psychological job demand, job control, and occupational physical burdens
| Psychological job demand | Job control | Occupational physical burdens | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (N = 33 492) | High (N = 16 080) | High (N = 30 319) | Low (N = 19 253) | No (N = 24 311) | At least one (N = 25 261) | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Men | 15 454 (46.1%) | 7919 (49.2%) | 15 032 (49.6%) | 8341 (43.3%) | 11 702 (48.1%) | 11 671 (46.2%) |
| Women | 18 038 (53.9%) | 8161 (50.8%) | 15 287 (50.4%) | 10 912 (56.7%) | 12 609 (51.9%) | 13 590 (53.8%) |
| Age | ||||||
| 15‐19 | 161 (0.5%) | 94 (0.6%) | 79 (0.3%) | 176 (0.9%) | 127 (0.5%) | 128 (0.5%) |
| 20‐29 | 2658 (7.9%) | 1496 (9.3%) | 1937 (8.0%) | 2217 (11.5%) | 2189 (9.0%) | 1965 (8.1%) |
| 30‐39 | 5577 (16.7%) | 2820 (17.5%) | 4892 (20.1%) | 3505 (18.2%) | 4403 (18.1%) | 3994 (16.5%) |
| 40‐49 | 7887 (23.5%) | 3777 (23.5%) | 1388 (5.7%) | 4276 (22.2%) | 6049 (24.9%) | 5615 (23.1%) |
| 50‐59 | 8497 (25.4%) | 4585 (28.5%) | 8336 (34.3%) | 4746 (24.7%) | 6278 (25.8%) | 5804 (23.9%) |
| 60‐ | 8712 (26.0%) | 3308 (20.6%) | 7687 (31.6%) | 4333 (22.5%) | 5265 (21.7%) | 6755 (27.8%) |
| Education level | ||||||
| Below middle school | 6867 (20.5%) | 2755 (17.1%) | 5853 (19.3%) | 3769 (19.6%) | 3716 (15.3%) | 5906 (23.4%) |
| High school | 12 076 (36.1%) | 6824 (42.4%) | 11057 (36.5%) | 7843 (40.7%) | 8532 (35.1%) | 10368 (41.0%) |
| Above college | 14 549 (43.4%) | 6501 (40.4%) | 13409 (44.2%) | 7641 (39.7%) | 12 063 (49.6%) | 8987 (35.6%) |
| Monthly wage (KRW) | ||||||
| <2000K (USD $1700) | 14 088 (42.1%) | 5966 (37.1%) | 10541 (34.8%) | 9513 (49.4%) | 9426 (38.8%) | 10628 (42.1%) |
| 2000K‐4000K | 14 554 (43.5%) | 7793 (48.5%) | 14227 (46.9%) | 8120 (42.2%) | 10 889 (44.8%) | 11458 (45.4%) |
| >4000K (USD $3400) | 4850 (14.5%) | 2321 (14.4%) | 5551 (18.3%) | 1620 (8.4%) | 3996 (16.4%) | 3175 (12.6%) |
| Job category | ||||||
| Managers | 160 (0.5%) | 46 (0.3%) | 177 (0.6%) | 29 (0.2%) | 152 (0.6%) | 54 (0.2%) |
| Professionals | 5334 (15.9%) | 1963 (12.2%) | 4799 (15.8%) | 2498 (13.0%) | 4423 (18.2%) | 2874 (11.4%) |
| Clerical workers | 4624 (13.8%) | 2065 (12.8%) | 3961 (13.1%) | 2728 (14.2%) | 3836 (15.8%) | 2853 (11.3%) |
| Service workers | 4627 (13.8%) | 2669 (16.6%) | 4452 (14.7%) | 2844 (14.8%) | 3170 (13.0%) | 4126 (16.3%) |
| Sales workers | 6841 (20.4%) | 2472 (15.4%) | 5946 (19.6%) | 3367 (17.5%) | 5793 (23.8%) | 3520 (13.9%) |
| Skilled agricultureres | 4003 (12.0%) | 992 (6.2%) | 3990 (13.2%) | 1005 (5.2%) | 1833 (7.5%) | 3162 (12.5%) |
| Craft and related trades workers | 2367 (7.1%) | 1948 (12.1%) | 2732 (9.0%) | 1583 (8.2%) | 1648 (6.8%) | 2667 (10.6%) |
| Plant and machine operators | 2390 (7.1%) | 1973 (12.3%) | 2396 (7.9%) | 1967 (10.2%) | 1365 (5.6%) | 2998 (11.9%) |
| Elementary workers | 3146 (9.4%) | 1952 (12.1%) | 1866 (6.2%) | 3232 (16.8%) | 2091 (8.6%) | 3007 (11.9%) |
| Weekly working hours | ||||||
| ≤40 | 16 747 (49.5%) | 7279 (45.3%) | 14009 (46.2%) | 10017 (52.0%) | 12067 (49.6%) | 11959 (47.3%) |
| 41‐52 | 8368 (24.7%) | 4612 (28.7%) | 7733 (25.5%) | 5247 (27.3%) | 6364 (26.2%) | 6616 (26.2%) |
| >52 | 8733 (25.8%) | 4189 (26.1%) | 8577 (28.3%) | 3989 (20.7%) | 5880 (24.2%) | 6686 (26.5%) |
| Shiftwork | ||||||
| No | 30 894 (92.2%) | 14463 (89.9%) | 28406 (93.7%) | 16951 (88.0%) | 22266 (91.6%) | 23091 (91.4%) |
| Yes | 2598 (7.8%) | 1617 (10.1%) | 1913 (6.3%) | 2302 (12.0%) | 2045 (8.4%) | 2170 (8.6%) |
All variable comparisons using chi‐squared tests were statistically significant except for shiftwork and occupational physical burdens (P = 0.486).
Prevalence of back pain, neck and upper extremity pain, and lower extremity pain by occupational physical burdens and job control
| No | Yes |
| |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back pain | |||
| All | 42 263 (85.3%) | 7309 (14.7%) | |
| Psychological job demand | |||
| Low | 28 336 (84.6%) | 5156 (15.4%) | <0.001 |
| High | 13 927 (86.6%) | 2153 (13.4%) | |
| Job control | |||
| High | 25 680 (84.7%) | 4639 (15.3%) | <0.001 |
| Low | 16 583 (86.1%) | 2670 (13.9%) | |
| Occupational physical burdens | |||
| No | 21 862 (89.9%) | 2449 (10.1%) | <0.001 |
| At least one | 20 401 (80.8%) | 4860 (19.2%) | |
| Pain on neck and upper extremity | |||
| All | 35 650 (71.9%) | 13,922 (28.1%) | |
| Psychological job demand | |||
| Low | 24 292 (72.5%) | 9200 (27.5%) | <0.001 |
| High | 11 358 (70.6%) | 4722 (29.4%) | |
| Job control | |||
| High | 21 848 (72.1%) | 8471 (27.9%) | 0.373 |
| Low | 13 802 (71.7%) | 5451 (28.3%) | |
| Occupational physical burdens | |||
| No | 19 589 (80.6%) | 4722 (19.4%) | <0.001 |
| At least one | 16 061 (63.6%) | 9200 (36.4%) | |
| Pain on lower extremity | |||
| All | 39 370 (79.4%) | 10,202 (20.6%) | |
| Psychological job demand | |||
| Low | 26 548 (79.3%) | 6944 (20.7%) | 0.228 |
| High | 12 822 (79.7%) | 3258 (20.3%) | |
| Job control | |||
| High | 24 005 (79.2%) | 6314 (20.8%) | 0.093 |
| Low | 15 365 (79.8%) | 3888 (20.2%) | |
| Occupational physical burdens | |||
| No | 20 841 (85.7%) | 3470 (14.3%) | <0.001 |
| At least one | 18 529 (73.4%) | 6732 (26.6%) | |
Chi‐squared test.
Logistic regression analyses and relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) between psychological job demand and occupational physical burdens on musculoskeletal pain in three body regions
| Occupational physical burdens | Odds ratio [95% Confidence Interval] | RERI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low psychological demand | High psychological demand | ||
| Back pain | |||
| No | Ref | 0.83 [0.71‐0.97] | 0.04 [−0.21‐0.29] |
| At least one | 1.85 [1.70‐2.02] | 1.69 [1.53‐1.86] | |
| Pain on neck and upper extremity | |||
| No | Ref | 1.03 [0.92‐1.15] | 0.02 [−0.17‐0.21] |
| At least one | 2.05 [1.90‐2.20] | 2.13 [1.97‐2.29] | |
| Pain on lower extremity | |||
| No | Ref | 1.04 [0.91‐1.18] | 0.03 [−0.20‐0.26] |
| At least one | 1.84 [1.70‐2.00] | 1.95 [1.79‐2.12] | |
All logistic regression models were adjusted for sex, age, education level, monthly wage, job category, weekly working hours, and shiftwork.
Logistic regression analyses and relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) between job control and occupational physical burdens on musculoskeletal pain in three body regions
| Occupational physical burdens | Odds ratio [95% Confidence Interval] | RERI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High job control | Low job control | ||
| Back pain | |||
| No | Ref | 0.93 [0.82‐1.05] | 0.19 [−0.03‐0.41] |
| At least one | 1.72 [1.57‐1.89] | 1.90 [1.71‐2.11] | |
| Pain on neck and upper extremity | |||
| No | Ref | 0.96 [0.87‐1.06] | 0.35 [0.19‐0.51] |
| At least one | 1.79 [1.66‐1.93] | 2.44 [2.24‐2.66] | |
| Pain on lower extremity | |||
| No | Ref | 1.00 [0.90‐1.12] | 0.26 [0.07‐0.45] |
| At least one | 1.71 [1.57‐1.86] | 2.15 [1.95‐2.37] | |
All logistic regression models were adjusted for sex, age, education level, monthly wage, job category, weekly working hours, and shiftwork.