ArticleJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)2023
Musculoskeletal complaints, postural patterns and psychosocial workplace predictors in police officers from an organizational unit of a German federal state police force - a study protocol.
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- Assessment of the Mental Health of Police Officers: A Systematic Review of Specific Instruments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among police officers from an organizational unit of a German federal state police force.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Musculoskeletal complaints and psychosocial stress factors in emergency medical services: a differentiated gender comparison.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2026Article
- Patterns of Self-Reported Occupational Stress Experienced by Lithuanian Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Do psychosocial factors affect the (occupational) well-being of German police officers? A cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Microbiota and mycobiota in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of silicosis patients.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPolice officers are exposed to a particularly high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and psychosocial stress due to their working conditions. Therefore, the aim of this project will be to assess the occupational physical and mental health of police officers from an organizational unit of the police force of a German federal state.
methodsThe aim is to analyze at least 200 active police officers of a state police force in Germany between the age of 18 and 65 years. In a mixed-methods design, a video raster stereography-based measurement of the upper body posture and a modified version of the Nordic Questionnaire (NQ) will be used for investigating their physical health, while the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) and the Operational Police Stress Questionnaire (PSQ-Op) will be used to analyze their mental health. In addition, job-specific psychosocial factors at the workplace will be assessed (using self-designed questions that were previously evaluated in an expert interview). DISCUSSION: To date, there is a lack of current questionnaire-based data on the prevalence of MSDs in police officers, or of MSDs associated with injuries or psychosocial workplace factors. Thus, in this study, these MSDs will be correlated with quantitative upper body posture data. If these results prove an increased physical and/or psychosocial stress, then the existing workplace health promotion measures should be analyzed and modified if necessary.
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