Influence of environmental discomfort on musculoskeletal disorders

Nicola Magnavita, M. Elovainio, I. De Nardis, T. Heponiemi, S. Garbarino, Sergio Garbarino, G. Magnavita, A. Bergamaschi

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Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common among hospital workers. This cross-sectional study on 1744 hospital workers showed strong interaction between temperature complaints (OR 2.73), other environmental complaints (OR 3.12) and upper limbs disorders. A significant interaction between temperature and strain for upper limbs disorders (F = 9.52, p=0.023) was also found. Environmental and psychosocial factors can interact increasing significantly the risk of MSDs. © PI-ME, Pavia 2011.
Titolo tradotto del contributo[Autom. eng. transl.] Influence of environmental discomfort on musculoskeletal disorders
Lingua originaleItalian
pagine (da-a)222-225
Numero di pagine4
RivistaGiornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia
Volume33
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2011

Keywords

  • Job strain
  • Musculo-skeletal disorders
  • Work environmental factors

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