Do self-reported psychosocial working conditions predict low back pain after adjustment for both physical work load and depressive symptoms? A prospective study among female eldercare workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 538-544

  Clausen, Thomas ^a   Andersen, Lars L ^a   Holtermann, Andreas ^a   Jorgensen, Anette F B ^a   Aust, Birgit ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL LABOR; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84880703499     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101281     Document Type: Review

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