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Comparison Between Musculoskeletal Pain and Gender-Specific, Non-gendered Job-Exposure Matrix and Self-reported Exposures in CONSTANCES.
- Source :
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation; Sep2024, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p594-605, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Purpose: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common worldwide and gender differences exist in terms of prevalence and disability. MSDs are a leading cause of sick leave and physical work exposures. To assess the association between physical exposures assessed by the gender-specific CONSTANCES Job-Exposure Matrix (JEM) and musculoskeletal pain in six areas: neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow/arm pain, hand/wrist pain, low back pain, knee/leg pain; and to compare the results with those obtained using the non-gendered CONSTANCES JEM and with individual self-report exposures. Methods: We included 48,736 male and 63,326 female workers from the CONSTANCES cohort (France). The association between 27 physical exposures and musculoskeletal self-reported pain in six body areas was assessed using logistic regression. We conducted the analysis with three types of exposures: (1) individual self-reported exposures; (2) gender-specific CONSTANCES JEM; (3) non-gendered CONSTANCES JEM, and adjusted for age and Body Mass Index (BMI). Analyses were stratified by gender. Results: The associations to the gender-specific and non-gendered JEM were similar. The odds ratios using individual self-reported exposures were comparable to the JEM-based associations, with the exceptions of the exposures 'change tasks', 'rest eyes' and 'reach behind'. In some comparisons, there were differences in the direction and/or significance of effects between genders (regardless of whether the JEM used was gender-specific or not). Conclusion: The gender-specific and non-gendered JEMs gave similar results, hence, developing physical work exposures JEMs that are gender-specific may not be essential. However, when predicting musculoskeletal pain, it seems relevant to stratify the analysis by gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- OCCUPATIONAL disease risk factors
RISK assessment
SELF-evaluation
STATISTICAL correlation
SHOULDER pain
KNEE pain
MUSCULOSKELETAL pain
TASK performance
SECONDARY analysis
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
RESEARCH funding
SEX distribution
NECK pain
ELBOW pain
LOGISTIC regression analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
ODDS ratio
OCCUPATIONAL exposure
RESEARCH
STATISTICS
COMPARATIVE studies
CONFIDENCE intervals
LUMBAR pain
PHYSICAL activity
JOB performance
DISEASE risk factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10530487
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179358545
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-023-10148-w