Document ID (ISN) | 75729 |
CIS number |
00-1610 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0019-8366 - Industrial Health |
Year |
1999 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Ueno S., Hisanaga N., Jonai H., Shibata E., Kamijima M. |
Title |
Association between musculoskeletal pain in Japanese construction workers and job, age, alcohol consumption and smoking |
Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1999, Vol.37, No.4, p.449-456. Illus. 37 ref. |
Abstract |
A cross-sectional epidemiologic study was conducted to determine the prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal pain (MSP) in construction workers and identify associations between MSP and job, age, alcohol consumption and smoking. Risk factors for total pain and for relatively severe pain in the hand/arm (RS-HAP), shoulder, and low-back (RS-LBP) were estimated by multiple logistic regression analysis. The results showed that musculoskeletal pain was significantly associated with age, and that the odds ratios (ORs) for relatively severe musculoskeletal pain increased almost linearly with age. Regarding the occupation, compared with architects whose work is presumed to be sedentary, almost all ORs for non-sedentary construction jobs were significantly high. Current smokers of 20 cigarettes a day or more had significantly higher ORs for RS-HAP and RS-LBP than for persons who never smoked. |
Descriptors (primary) |
alcoholism; smoking; construction industry; backache; musculoskeletal diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
sedentary work; Japan; frequency rates; cross-sectional study; age-linked differences; questionnaire survey |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Japan |
Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Construction industry and civil engineering Alcohol and drug abuse Smoking
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