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Psychosocial work factors and shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners
Author(s) -
Burgel Barbara J.,
White Mary C.,
Gillen Marion,
Krause Niklas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.20832
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , workload , physical therapy , logistic regression , job strain , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Background Hotel room cleaners have physically demanding jobs that place them at high risk for shoulder pain. Psychosocial work factors may also play a role in shoulder pain, but their independent role has not been studied in this group. Methods Seventy‐four percent (941 of 1,276) of hotel room cleaners from five Las Vegas hotels completed a 29‐page survey assessing health status, working conditions, and psychosocial work factors. For this study, 493 of the 941 (52%) with complete data for 21 variables were included in multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results Fifty‐six percent reported shoulder pain in the prior four weeks. Room cleaners with effort–reward imbalance (ERI) were three times as likely to report shoulder pain (OR 2.99, 95% CI 1.95–4.59, P = 0.000) even after adjustment for physical workload and other factors. After adjustment for physical workload, job strain and iso‐strain were not significantly associated with shoulder pain. Conclusions ERI is independently associated with shoulder pain in hotel room cleaners even after adjustment for physical workload and other risk factors. Am. J. Ind. Med. 53:743–756, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.