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ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2018

Risk Factor, Job Stress and Quality of Life in Workers With Lower Extremity Pain Who Use Video Display Terminals.

Sehoon Choi, Seong Ho Jang, Kyu Hoon Lee, Mi Jung Kim, Si-Bog Park, Seung Hoon Han

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Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sehoon ChoiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2840-9783
Seong Ho JangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6267-0980
Kyu Hoon LeeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-5676
Mi Jung KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2920-9900
Si-Bog ParkDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8910-2262
Seung Hoon HanDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9138-4059
Hanyang University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the general characteristics of video display terminal (VDT) workers with lower extremity pain, to identify the risk factors of work-related lower extremity pain, and to examine the relationship between work stress and health-related quality of life.

methodsA questionnaire about the general characteristics of the survey group and the musculoskeletal symptom was used. A questionnaire about job stress used the Korean Occupational Stress Scale and medical outcome study 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) to assess health-related quality of life.

resultsThere were 1,711 subjects in the lower extremity group and 2,208 subjects in the control group. Age, sex, hobbies, and feeling of loading affected lower extremity pain as determined in a crossover analysis of all variables with and without lower extremity pain. There were no statistically significant difference between the two groups in terms of job stress and SF-36 values of the pain and control groups.

conclusionJob stress in VDT workers was higher than average, and the quality of life decreased as the stress increased. Factors such as younger age, women, hobbies other than exercise, and feeling of loading influenced lower extremity pain of workers. Further long-term follow-up and supplementary studies are needed to identify risk factors for future lower extremity pain, taking into account ergonomic factors such as worker's posture.

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Job stressSF-36Work-related lower extremity pain

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