Healthy lower backs in the construction industry in Sweden

Holmström, Eva B; Lindell, Jan; Moritz, Ulrich

doi:10.1080/02678379308257066

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“…Although driving vehicles by itself is considered to be a risk factor for the occurrence of back pain because of body vibration (Johanning, 1991;Burdorf et al, 1993), it could be that in this cohort of workers the time riding a forklift truck is a surrogate for the amount of time not performing heavy physical tasks and is therefore a protective factor for the incidence of back pain. The relationship between low job satisfaction and back pain has been reported earlier in both cross-sectional studies (Holmström et al, 1993;Linton and Warg, 1993;Symonds et al, 1996) and longitudinal studies (Bigos et al, 1991(Bigos et al, , 1992 in industrial settings. In general populations results have been less consistent: a cross-sectional study reported an association between low job satisfaction and back pain among women (Svensson and Andersson, 1989), whereas a longitudinal study found no association in a general population of men and women (Biering-Sørensen and Thomsen, 1986).…”

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“…A number of studies have shown that psychosocial factors can be important in the aetiology of back pain as well (Biering-Sørensen and Thomsen, 1986;Svensson and Andersson, 1989;Bigos et al, 1991;Bongers et al, 1993;Holmström et al, 1993). Furthermore, the consequences of an episode of back pain are also influenced by psychosocial factors (Linton and Bradley, 1992;Coste et al, 1994).…”

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Risk factors for back pain incidence in industry: a prospective study

Poppel

Koes

Devillé

et al. 1998

Pain

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The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between physical and psychological risk factors on the one hand, and the occurrence of new episodes of back pain on the other hand. A prospective study was conducted with 12 months follow-up by means of self-administered questionnaires. The study took place in the Cargo Department of a major Dutch airline company. The subjects for this study were 270 workers involved in heavy physical work. Only workers without back pain at baseline were included. Self-reported back pain and sick leave due to back pain during the follow-up period were measured. Of the 238 workers included in the analysis, 73 (31%) developed a new episode of back pain during the follow-up period, and 27 (11%) subjects reported sick leave due to back pain. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the history of back pain was the best predictor for the occurrence of a new episode of back pain during follow-up (OR 9.8; 95% CI 2.8-34.4 for subjects who had back pain more than twice in the past year). Low job satisfaction was also associated with an increased risk for the occurrence of back pain during follow-up (OR 1.2; 95% CI 1.01-1.4). Riding a forklift truck appeared to be a protective factor for the occurrence of back pain (OR 0.7; 95% CI 0.5-0.99). In this study the best predictors for the occurrence of back pain were the history of back complaints and low job satisfaction. Although it needs to be confirmed by future intervention studies, the results indicate that increasing job satisfaction may be a successful (co-)intervention for the prevention of back pain at the workplace.

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Risk factors for back pain incidence in industry: a prospective study

Poppel

Koes

Devillé

et al. 1998

Pain

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“…In addition to traditional workplace hazards in the construction industry, there are other threats to worker health and well‐being that arise from work organization and work environment factors. Previous research has indicated that workplace safety climate and psychosocial stress can influence safety behaviors, injuries, and health outcomes in the construction industry, but less is known about their impact on other outcomes, such as absenteeism and presenteeism, that have direct economic relevance to employers …”

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Influence of work organization and work environment on missed work, productivity, and use of pain medications among construction apprentices

Evanoff

Rohlman

Strickland

2019

American J Industrial Med

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Background: Construction is among the most dangerous industries. In addition to traditional hazards for workplace injury and illness, other threats to health and well-being may occur from work organization and work environment factors, including irregular employment, long commutes, long work hours, and employer policies regarding health and safety. These nontraditional hazards may affect work and health outcomes directly, or through effects on health behaviors. The cumulative impacts of both traditional and nontraditional hazards on health-related outcomes among construction workers are largely unknown.Methods: We conducted a survey among apprentice construction workers to identify relationships between work organization and environmental factors with five outcomes of economic relevance to employers: missed work due to work-related injury, missed work due to any pain or injury, self-reported workability, health-related productivity, and use of prescription medications for pain.Results: A total of 963 surveys were completed (response rate 90%) in this young (mean age 28) working cohort. Multivariate Poisson regression models found associations between the outcomes of interest and multiple work factors, including job strain, safety behaviors of coworkers, and mandatory overtime. Univariate analysis showed additional associations, including precarious work, and supervisor support for safety.Conclusions: Findings from this cross-sectional study suggest that work organization and environment factors influence health and work outcomes among young construction trade workers. Future work with longitudinal data will examine the hypothesized paths between work factors, health behaviors, health outcomes, and work outcomes.

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“…With all of the impacts of NSLBP presented above in mind, a change of perspective through a new and resource-oriented approach towards NSLBP seems reasonable and warranted. More than twenty years ago, only a handful of studies had inquired about individuals who were considered NSLBP asymptomatic [ 96 – 100 ]. However, this specific line of inquiry was not of much interest in the 80s and 90s.…”

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“…Twenty years ago, five manuscripts dealt with the absence of NSLBP. All enquired about either physical and psychological working conditions [ 96 , 99 , 100 ], musculoskeletal status [ 96 , 97 ], or life conditions [ 98 ] of individuals with an NSLBP-free lifetime prevalence. Two, possibly three of these studies are based on the same data [ 97 , 99 ].…”

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A Health- and Resource-Oriented Perspective on NSLBP

Salathé

2013

ISRN Pain

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Nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) is an important health issue of our time. Personal as well as economic factors, like suffering pain and experiencing disability on the one hand and enormous and still increasing costs to the economy and society on the other hand, display the importance of the matter. Tremendous research has been conducted in the last few decades on NSLBP. A PubMed search (June 17, 2013) on “low back pain” provided 22,980 hits, and when specifying for “low back pain, systematic review,” 3,134 hits were still generated. Most research has been done examining the development, risk factors, or therapeutic measures of NSLBP, but hardly any literature exists on resources related to NSLBP. The aims of this review are twofold. In order to shade light on the salutogenetic approach of NSLBP, and thus to focus on health instead of illness, the first aim is to facilitate the understanding of which therapeutic measures enhance the ability to cope with chronic NSLBP and enable (more) normal functioning in life. The second aim is to stimulate the understanding of resources protecting against the onset of NSLBP or against the development of chronic NSLBP and its resulting work absence.

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Healthy lower backs in the construction industry in Sweden

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References 13 publications

Risk factors for back pain incidence in industry: a prospective study

Risk factors for back pain incidence in industry: a prospective study

Influence of work organization and work environment on missed work, productivity, and use of pain medications among construction apprentices

A Health- and Resource-Oriented Perspective on NSLBP

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