ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2024
Hidden risk factors and the mediating role of sleep in work-related musculoskeletal discomforts.
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- Prevalence and associated factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorder symptoms amongst emergency medical service workers.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among older hospital cleaners in Wenzhou, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Negative Mood Affect in the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Vulnerability to Insomnia Among Student Pharmacist Shift Workers.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveMusculoskeletal discomforts (MSDs) are prevalent occupational health issues that are associated with a wide range of risk factors. This study aimed to investigate some of the occupational hidden risk factors and the mediating role of sleep in work-related musculoskeletal discomforts.
methodsIn a cross-sectional study, the role of job stress and shift work as two hidden risk factors and sleep problems as the mediator in work-related musculoskeletal discomforts was investigated in 302 healthcare workers using the path analysis models. For this aim, healthcare workers' Occupational Stress and musculoskeletal discomforts were evaluated using the Health and Safety Executive questionnaire and Cornell questionnaire, respectively. Moreover, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) were used to examine the sleep characteristics of participants. Shift work and job stress as predictor variables and sleep characteristics as mediating variables were analyzed.
resultsThe results showed that the path coefficients of job stress on indexes of quality sleep and insomnia severity were significant. Also, the path coefficient of shift work on quality sleep index was significant. In return, the path coefficients of shift work on the insomnia severity index were not significant. Additionally, there was a mutually significant association between indexes of quality sleep and the severity of insomnia and musculoskeletal discomforts. The direct effect coefficient of job stress on MSDs was significant, whereas the direct effect coefficient of shift work on MSDs was insignificant. This means that shift work alone does not significantly impact these disorders.
conclusionIt would seem that shift work and job stress as two occupational hidden risk factors can mediate sleep indexes and indirectly play a critical role in the incidence of musculoskeletal discomforts. Moreover, sleep disorders and musculoskeletal discomforts are mutually related and have a bidirectional relationship.
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