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Health Care Utilization and Workplace Interventions for Neck and Upper Limb Problems Among Newspaper Workers
- Source :
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 43:265-275
- Publication Year :
- 2001
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2001.
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Abstract
- Data on the use of various therapeutic interventions among working populations at risk for musculoskeletal disorders are rare, despite the need for such information in assessing adherence to best practices. Using the results of a cross-sectional survey of newspaper workers who reported neck and upper limb pain or discomfort (n = 309), we describe the prevalence of a wide range of clinical and workplace interventions. Information/education, exercises, and physical treatments were the most common interventions, and work changes were less prevalent. Those with more frequent, longer-duration, and/or more severe symptoms more commonly reported visits to physiotherapists and health practitioners at work and use of physical treatments, medications, and devices. The multiplicity of interventions used pose evaluation challenges for occupational health practitioners and researchers.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Databases, Factual
Best practice
Psychological intervention
Upper limb pain
Occupational safety and health
Occupational medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Humans
Medicine
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Occupations
Physical Therapy Modalities
Neck Pain
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Newspapers as Topic
Health Services
Middle Aged
Exercise Therapy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Linear Models
Physical therapy
Educational Status
Upper limb
Female
Health education
business
Specialization
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....45202e08ddafd4b668f502fc70a35d22