Back to Search
Start Over
The psychosocial work environment and musculoskeletal disorders: design of a comprehensive interviewer-administered questionnaire
- Source :
- American journal of industrial medicine. 45(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2004
-
Abstract
- Background Psychosocial working conditions are likely to contribute to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs), but a lack of standardized measurement tools reflects both the theoretical and methodological limitations of current research. Methods An interdisciplinary team including biomedical, behavioral, and social science researchers used an iterative process to adapt existing instruments for an interviewer-administered questionnaire assessing psychosocial workplace exposure related to musculoskeletal disorders. Results The resulting questionnaire included measures of psychosocial workplace factors based on two theoretical models (the demand-control-support and the effort-reward imbalance models), supplemented by the additional constructs of “emotional demands,” and “experiences of discrimination.” Other psychosocial and physical measures selected for questionnaire inclusion address physical workload, sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics, social relations and life events, health behaviors, and physical and psychological health. Conclusion Using an interdisciplinary approach facilitated the development of a comprehensive questionnaire inclusive of key measures of psychosocial factors that may play a role in the complex mechanisms leading to WRMSDs. Am. J. Ind. Med. 45:428–439, 2004. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Job strain
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Human factors and ergonomics
Workload
Models, Theoretical
medicine.disease
Social relation
Interviews as Topic
Occupational Diseases
Musculoskeletal disorder
Surveys and Questionnaires
Musculoskeletal injury
Medicine
Humans
Psychology
Industrial and organizational psychology
Musculoskeletal Diseases
business
Psychiatry
Workplace
Psychosocial
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 02713586
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of industrial medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1a7b82a24e9126c5dc0d8871d1327ce6