Within-individual changes in physical work demands associated with self-reported health and musculoskeletal symptoms:a cohort study among Dutch workers
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate changes in physical work demands in association with self-rated health and musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods: Data from five waves over the period 2019–2021 of the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey COVID-19 were available for 7191 participants aged 19–64 years who worked (partly) on-site during at least two consecutive waves. Logistic generalized estimated equations (GEE) were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for changes (increase or decrease compared to no change) in physical work demands between two waves and... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Cillekens , B , van Eeghen , E , Oude Hengel , K M & Coenen , P 2023 , ' Within-individual changes in physical work demands associated with self-reported health and musculoskeletal symptoms : a cohort study among Dutch workers ' , International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health , vol. 96 , no. 9 , pp. 1301-1311 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-023-02008-0 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28637914 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vumc.nl/en/publications/23b7f2fa-9f90-4042-9904-b3fda792cc87 |
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate changes in physical work demands in association with self-rated health and musculoskeletal symptoms. Methods: Data from five waves over the period 2019–2021 of the Netherlands Working Conditions Survey COVID-19 were available for 7191 participants aged 19–64 years who worked (partly) on-site during at least two consecutive waves. Logistic generalized estimated equations (GEE) were used to estimate the odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for changes (increase or decrease compared to no change) in physical work demands between two waves and poor self-rated health and musculoskeletal symptoms in the following wave, adjusted for the health outcome at the first wave, age, educational level, working hours and hours worked from home. Results: In females, a statistically significant association was found between an increase in physical work demands compared to no change and musculoskeletal symptoms (OR 1.39, 95% CI 1.17–1.65). A decrease in physical work demands in females was not statistically significantly associated with musculoskeletal symptoms (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.80–1.08). Similar trends were found for poor self-rated health, although non-statistically significant. For males, comparable but attenuated associations were found. Conclusion: While our study showed that increasing physical work demands are associated with adverse health (self-reported and musculoskeletal), it did not appear to benefit worker’s health to reduce work demands. Future research with multiple measurements in a shorter period and additionally using devices to measure physical work demands will be needed to confirm our study results.