| Document ID (ISN) | 107096 |
| CIS number |
07-1224 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Koehoorn M., Demers P.A., Hertzman C., Village J., Kennedy S.M. |
| Title |
Work organization and musculoskeletal injuries among a cohort of health care workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 2006, Vol.32, No.4, p.285-293. 34 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study investigated the relationship between work-organization factors (job control, job demands and workload) and the risk of lower-body musculoskeletal injury among health care workers. A four-year, retrospective cohort study of 3769 heath care workers was carried out at a hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia. A job-exposure matrix was constructed for the work-organization factors from survey and administrative data. Musculoskeletal injuries resulting in workers' compensation claims were ascertained from the injury database of the hospital's occupational health and safety department. Data were subjected to statistical analyses. Results indicate that work-organization characteristics (job control and workload) were associated with an increased risk of musculoskeletal injuries resulting in a compensation claim. These associations remained after the effects of demographic and biomechanical factors were taken into consideration. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
British Columbia; health care personnel; musculoskeletal diseases; work organization |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada; psychology of work organization; backache; job-exposure relation; cohort study; long-term study; hospitals; lower extremity disorders |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Health care services
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