Open AccessEffect of informal employment on the relationship between psychosocial work risk factors and musculoskeletal pain in Central American workers
Author(s) -
David Gimeno Ruiz de Porras,
Marianela Rojas Garbanzo,
Aurora Aragón,
Lino Carmenate Milián,
Fernando G. Benavides
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2016-103881
Subject(s) - psychosocial , poisson regression , medicine , informal sector , population , occupational safety and health , demography , relative risk , environmental health , gerontology , psychiatry , confidence interval , sociology , pathology , economics , economic growth
The constant increase on the psychosocial demands experienced at work seems to contribute to the increase in health problems such as musculoskeletal pain (MSP). This association may be especially important in low-income and middle-income countries, where there is a large proportion of informal workers among whom there is little research. We analysed the association between psychosocial work risk factors and MSP among formal and informal workers using the First Central American Survey of Working Conditions and Health.