Association of psychological distress and work psychosocial factors with self-reported musculoskeletal pain among secondary school teachers in Malaysia

Zamri, Eva Nabiha; Moy, Foong Ming; Hoe, Victor Chee Wai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172195

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“…In this sense, high job demands could be related to long working hours, few breaks at work and infrequent changes in posture. As reported in other studies, our results showed a weak association between psychosocial factors at work and neck or shoulder pain during the last 7 days,47 54 probably due to the effect of other variables not considered in the study.…”

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Associations between effort–reward imbalance and health indicators among school teachers in Chuquisaca, Bolivia: a cross-sectional study

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ObjectiveTo assess the association between effort–reward imbalance (ERI) and health indicators among Bolivian school teachers.DesignSchool-based cross-sectional study.SettingSixty randomly selected schools from rural (33) and urban (27) schools in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.ParticipantsA total of 1062 school teachers were invited to participate, of which 597 answered the questionnaire (response 56.2%).Exposure measurePsychosocial factors at work were explored through the short version of the Effort–Reward Questionnaire.Primary and secondary outcome measuresHealth outcomes included self-rated overall health, mental distress (12-item General Health Questionnaire ≥5) and the 7-day prevalence of low back pain (LBP) as well as neck or shoulder pain (Nordic Questionnaire). Crude and adjusted ORs and their 95% CIs for each health outcome were calculated using logistic regression models.ResultsThe median value for the effort–reward ratio was 0.91 (range: 0.3–2.3) with higher values for teachers from rural versus urban schools. Overall, about 43% of the teachers reported their overall health as fair or poor; 45% suffered mental distress, 17% reported LBP and 29% neck or shoulder pain. Prevalences were higher for teachers employed at rural schools compared with those at urban schools. After adjusting for potential confounders and school location, ERI was statistically significantly associated with fair/poor self-rated health (adjusted OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.0 to 2.9); mental distress (1.9; 95% CI 1.2 to 3.1) and LBP (2.3; 95% CI 1.3 to 4.1).ConclusionOur results indicate the urgent need to improve psychosocial working conditions among Bolivian school teachers, in order to promote their health and well-being.

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Associations between effort–reward imbalance and health indicators among school teachers in Chuquisaca, Bolivia: a cross-sectional study

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“…Patients are suffering from depression complain of physical signs, not depression, in outpatients treated in primary care [7]. There were few previous studies that examined the relationship between mental health and pain in various body regions among school teachers [8] [9]. Seibt et al has found that unhealthy mental states were related to neck and back pain and headache especially in female teachers [8].…”

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Unhealthy Mental States Are Positively Associated with Subjective Pain or Fatigue in Specific Body Sites among High School Teachers in Japan

Murakami¹,

Tsumura²,

Sato³

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Unhealthy mental states have become common among teachers recently. Subjective physical symptoms are more likely to appear more readily than mental symptoms. In this study, we revealed that the relationship between mental states and subjective physical fatigue or pain in seven body sites among 2449 teachers. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to assess mental state. We defined a score of 4 points and over in the GHQ-12 score as unhealthy mental state. We also asked about the presence of subjective physical fatigue or pain in each seven body sites in the past one year. In the results, 30.3% unhealthy mental states were found in females and 22.9% in males. Most of subjective physical fatigue or pains were detected in neck and shoulder, eyes, head and low back. Using multivariate logistic regression, higher scores in the GHQ-12 were positively associated with presence of subjective fatigue or pain in head and eyes in both genders, in lower extremities among females, and in back, upper extremities among males. Our results suggest that physical symptoms in specific body sites with gender differences may be useful in the early identification of unhealthy mental states among teachers. We should have efforts to pay attention to mental states among high school teachers if their symptoms do not get better after taking physical care.

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“…W wieloczynnikowej analizie regresji wykazano istotną zależność między bólami kręgosłupa a depresją, wysokim poziomem lęku i wysokimi wymaganiami pracy. Bóle w obrębie szyi były skorelowane także z poziomem lęku (zarówno wysokim, jak i średnim) i poczuciem braku wsparcia przełożonych [26].…”

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Selected chronic diseases and their risk factors in teachers

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Szyjkowska

Siedlecka

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StreszczenieChoroby przewlekłe stanowią duży problem w wymiarach indywidualnym, społecznym i ekonomicznym oraz są przyczyną 60% zgonów na świecie, a szacuje się, że w 2020 r. odsetek ten wzrośnie do 72%. Wśród chorób przewlekłych największą grupę stanowią choroby układu krążenia (30%), nowotwory (13%), choroby układu oddechowego (7%) i cukrzyca (2%). Ich główne czynniki ryzyka to niezdrowa dieta, brak aktywności fizycznej i palenie tytoniu. Istotną rolę odgrywają także czynniki zawodowe i środowiskowe -u nauczycieli jest to hałas, na który skarży się 25% mężczyzn i 38% kobiet. W Polsce nie ma baz danych dotyczących chorób przewlekłych i ich czynników ryzyka w poszczególnych grupach zawodowych, w tym w grupie nauczycieli. Dobrze rozpoznany jest tylko problem zaburzeń głosu jako choroby zawodowej. Wśród nauczycieli w Polsce przeprowadzono nieliczne badania stanu zdrowia i stylu życia, ale ich wyników nie można uogólniać, gdyż badania były prowadzone różnymi metodami, w niewielkich grupach i w różnych regionach kraju. Z reprezentatywnego badania GUS pracowników działu "Edukacja" (brak danych o grupie samych nauczycieli) wśród problemów zdrowotnych dominowały dolegliwości ze strony układu mięśniowo--szkieletowego (bóle pleców -21,9%, bóle szyi, barku, ramion lub rąk, bioder, nóg i stóp -po ok. 10%). Bóle głowy lub przemęczenie oczu występowało u 14,6% badanych, stres, depresja i niepokój -u 7,3%, a choroby układu krążenia -u 4,6%. W celu ograniczenia występowania wśród nauczycieli chorób przewlekłych i ich negatywnych skutków należałoby podjąć wielokierunkowe działania, których pierwszym etapem powinno być przygotowanie diagnozy dotyczącej sytuacji zdrowotnej nauczycieli oraz czynników ryzyka chorób przewlekłych. Określenie problemów zdrowotnych tak ważnej grupy zawodowej jest istotnym zagadnieniem zdrowia publicznego. Med. AbstractChronic diseases (ChDs) pose an essential problem from an individual, social and economic point of view. It is estimated that they account for 60% of all deaths worldwide, and this share is expected to rise to 72% by 2020. The most prevalent are cardiovascular diseases (30%), cancers (13%), respiratory diseases (7%), and diabetes (2%). Their major risk factors include unhealthy diet, the lack of physical activity, and tobacco smoking. Of significance are also occupational and environmental hazards. Among teachers, the factor with the highest impact is noise, reported by 25% of male and 38% of female teachers. In Poland, there are no databases on ChDs or risk factors in teachers; only voice disorders are well-recognized as an occupational disease. Only a few studies of health and lifestyle were conducted among teachers in Poland, but they cannot be generalized because they were carried out with different methods, in small groups of people and in various regions in the country. A representative study carried out by Statistics Poland (GUS) among education employees (with no separate data for teachers) revealed that the most prevalent were musculoskeletal disorders, including back-pain (21.9%)...

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Association of psychological distress and work psychosocial factors with self-reported musculoskeletal pain among secondary school teachers in Malaysia

Cited by 64 publications

References 37 publications

Associations between effort–reward imbalance and health indicators among school teachers in Chuquisaca, Bolivia: a cross-sectional study

Associations between effort–reward imbalance and health indicators among school teachers in Chuquisaca, Bolivia: a cross-sectional study

Unhealthy Mental States Are Positively Associated with Subjective Pain or Fatigue in Specific Body Sites among High School Teachers in Japan

Selected chronic diseases and their risk factors in teachers

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