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The incremental effect of psychosocial workplace factors on the development of neck and shoulder disorders: a systematic review of longitudinal studies.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Work-break interventions for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders in healthy workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
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- Work-break schedules for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders in healthy workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Physical risk factors for developing non-specific neck pain in office workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Pooled it
- The Benefit of Web- and Computer-Based Interventions for Stress: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Pooled it
- The contribution from psychological, social, and organizational work factors to risk of disability retirement: a systematic review with meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2017Pooled it
- Musculoskeletal pain and effort-reward imbalance--a systematic review.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
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- Upper body and lower limbs musculoskeletal symptoms and health inequalities in Europe: an analysis of cross-sectional data.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2014Trial
- Central sensitization, work-related stress, and musculoskeletal pain symptoms in desk-based workers with and without migraine: a cross-sectional study.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Observational
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- Job strain, occupation, and bladder health among women.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2024Article
- Musculoskeletal Pain in the Neck and Lower Back Regions among PHC Workers: Association between Workload, Mental Disorders, and Strategies to Manage Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Risk of pain in the neck and shoulders and job change among hairdressers: a combined questionnaire and register-based Danish prospective cohort study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Article
- Assessing the relationship between domestic work experience and musculoskeletal health among rural Nigerian women.PloS one · 2022Article
- "I'm too old for this!": A prospective, multilevel study of job characteristics, age, and turnover intention.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Applying risk matrices for assessing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Participation. A 10-Year Follow-Up of Senior Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Workplace Organizational and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Return-to-Work Interruption and Reinjury Among Workers with Permanent Impairment.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Article
- Developing a cost-estimation model for work-related stress: An absence-based estimation using data from two Italian case studies.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo systematically analyse evidence on the incremental effect of work-related psychosocial risk factors on the development of neck and shoulder disorders, as reported in longitudinal studies.
methodsA systematic literature search was conducted in three data bases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsychINFO) until May 2009. The quality assessment leading to a methodological quality score of the included studies was conducted by two independent reviewers using a standardised checklist. Criteria for the evaluation of evidence were established. Heterogeneity analyses were conducted.
resultsAltogether 18 prospective longitudinal studies were included in the analysis. Potential psychosocial risk factors were mainly based on the job demand control (support) model by Karasek (1998). Study results were too heterogeneous to deduce pooled risk estimates. But the weight of evidence was strong for an incremental effect of job demands, job control, social support, and job strain, on the development of neck and/or shoulder disorders.
conclusionWhile we found evidence for an incremental effect of different psychosocial work factors (in addition to the effect of physical job factors), these results have to be interpreted carefully in order to support the notion that psychological factors can have an independent causal influence on the development of musculoskeletal disorders. Nevertheless, our findings are important for the development of preventive strategies, as they stress the need for preventive approaches that tackle both physical and psychosocial factors. Future research is warranted to consolidate and strengthen the results of this review.
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