| Document ID (ISN) | 78818 |
| CIS number |
02-972 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2001 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Kivimäki M., Vahtera J., Ferrie J.E., Hemingway H., Pentti J. |
| Title |
Organisational downsizing and musculoskeletal problems in employees: A prospective study |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2001, Vol.58, No.12, p.811-817. 49 ref. |
| Abstract |
764 municipal employees were studied before and after an organizational downsizing carried out between 1991 and 1993 in Finland. The outcome measures were self reports of severity and sites of musculoskeletal pain at the end of 1993 and medically certified musculoskeletal sickness absence for 1993-5. After adjustment for age, sex, and income, the odds ratio (OR) for severe musculoskeletal pain between major and minor downsizing and the corresponding rate ratios for musculoskeletal sickness absence were 2.59 and 5.50, respectively. The largest contribution from changes in work characteristics and health related behaviour to the association between downsizing and musculoskeletal problems was from increases in physical demands, particularly in women and low income employees. Additional contributory factors were skill restrictions (relative to musculoskeletal pain) and job insecurity. The results were little different when analyses were confined to initially healthy participants. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work organization; government services; musculoskeletal diseases; anxiety |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
subjective assessment; Finland; physical workload; sex-linked differences; questionnaire survey; cohort study; mental workload |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland; United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Public and government services
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Mental health
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