The Psychosocial Work Environment and Musculoskeletal Disorders: Design of a Comprehensive Interviewer-Administered Questionnaire

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 428-439

  Rugulies, Reiner ^a   Braff, Jeffrey ^b,c   Frank, John W ^d,e   Aust, Birgit ^a   Gillen, Marion ^f   Yen, Irene H ^g   Bhatia, Rajiv ^h   Ames, Genevieve ^b,i   Gordon, Deborah R ^f   Janowitz, Ira ^g   Oman, Doug ^b   Jacobs, Bradly P ^g   Blanc, Paul ^g  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Effort reward imbalance; Epidemiology; Ergonomics; Industrial psychology; Job strain; Musculoskeletal injury; Neck pain; Repetitive strain

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEG INJURY; LIFE EVENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MODEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 2342451992     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20009     Document Type: Article

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