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ArticleOccupational medicine (Oxford, England)2010

Functional recovery following musculoskeletal injury in hospital workers.

M Gillen, M G Cisternas, I H Yen, L Swig, R Rugulies, J Frank, P D Blanc

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Article in Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Psychosocial work factors in new or recurrent injuries among hospital workers: a prospective study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2015
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

M GillenUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA.
M G Cisternas
I H Yen
L Swig
R Rugulies
J Frank
P D Blanc
University of California, San Francisco · USCanadian Institutes of Health Research · CANational Research Centre for the Working Environment · DK

Funding

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GRADIENTS IN HOSPITAL WORKERS: THER01AR047798 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI BLANC, PAUL D · 2000 to 2004
$2.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR47798NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHospital workers are at high risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), but outcomes following such injuries have not been well studied longitudinally.

aimsTo ascertain functional recovery in hospital workers following incident WRMSDs and identify predictors of functional status.

methodsCases (incident WRMSD) and matched referents from two hospitals were studied at baseline and at 2 year follow-up for health status [SF-12 physical component summary (PCS)], lost workdays, self-rated work effectiveness and work status change (job change or work cessation). Predictors included WRMSD and baseline demographics, socio-economic status (SES), job-related strain and effort-reward imbalance. Logistic regression analysis tested longitudinal predictors of adverse functional status.

resultsThe WRMSD-associated risk of poor (lowest quartile) PCS was attenuated from a baseline odds ratio (OR) of 5.2 [95% confidence interval (CI) 3.5-7.5] to a follow-up OR of 1.5 (95% CI 1.0-2.3) and was reduced further in multivariate modelling (OR = 1.4; 95% CI 0.9-2.2). At follow-up, WRMSD status did not predict significantly increased likelihood of lost workdays, decreased effectiveness or work status change. In multivariate modelling, lowest quintile SES predicted poor PCS (OR = 2.0; 95% CI 1.0-4.0) and work status change (OR = 2.5; 95% CI 1.1-5.8). High combined baseline job strain/effort-reward imbalance predicted poor PCS (OR = 1.7; 95% CI 1.1-2.7) and reduced work effectiveness (OR = 2.6; 95% CI 1.6-4.2) at follow-up.

conclusionsBaseline functional deficits associated with incident WRMSDs were largely resolved by 2 year follow-up. Nonetheless, lower SES and higher combined job strain/effort-reward imbalance predicted adverse outcomes, controlling for WRMSDs.

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Health StatusAccidents, OccupationalEpidemiologic MethodsHumansJob SatisfactionMusculoskeletal DiseasesOccupational HealthPersonnel, HospitalRecovery of FunctionRewardSocioeconomic FactorsWorkloadWorkplace

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PMID20682740
PMCPMC2980941
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