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Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-reports of work ability correlated to the results of quantitative tests measuring physical capacity and a questionnaire assessing psychological mood in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms. METHODS: The participants comprised...

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Autores principales: Edlund, Maria, Gerhardsson, Lars, Hagberg, Mats
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23136907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-7-22
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-reports of work ability correlated to the results of quantitative tests measuring physical capacity and a questionnaire assessing psychological mood in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms. METHODS: The participants comprised 47 patients (36 men and eleven women) with exposure to hand vibration and vascular and/or neurological symptoms in the hands. They performed several quantitative tests (manual dexterity, hand grip strength, finger strength) and completed the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaires. RESULTS: Correlation analysis revealed statistically significant associations between the WAI results, the HADS indices, hand grip and finger strength, and manual dexterity measured using the Purdue Pegboard(®). Multiple regression analysis revealed age and HADS indices as the strongest predictors of work ability. CONCLUSIONS: The patient’s age and psychological mood may be stronger predictors of work ability compared with results from tests measuring physical capacity of the hands in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms. When using the WAI as an instrument for assessing work ability in these patients, health care providers need to be more aware of the impact of the psychological mood.
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spelling pubmed-35141712012-12-06 Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms Edlund, Maria Gerhardsson, Lars Hagberg, Mats J Occup Med Toxicol Research BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate whether self-reports of work ability correlated to the results of quantitative tests measuring physical capacity and a questionnaire assessing psychological mood in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms. METHODS: The participants comprised 47 patients (36 men and eleven women) with exposure to hand vibration and vascular and/or neurological symptoms in the hands. They performed several quantitative tests (manual dexterity, hand grip strength, finger strength) and completed the Work Ability Index (WAI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaires. RESULTS: Correlation analysis revealed statistically significant associations between the WAI results, the HADS indices, hand grip and finger strength, and manual dexterity measured using the Purdue Pegboard(®). Multiple regression analysis revealed age and HADS indices as the strongest predictors of work ability. CONCLUSIONS: The patient’s age and psychological mood may be stronger predictors of work ability compared with results from tests measuring physical capacity of the hands in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms. When using the WAI as an instrument for assessing work ability in these patients, health care providers need to be more aware of the impact of the psychological mood. BioMed Central 2012-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3514171/ /pubmed/23136907 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-7-22 Text en Copyright ©2012 Edlund et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms
title_full Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms
title_fullStr Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms
title_full_unstemmed Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms
title_short Physical capacity and psychological mood in association with self-reported work ability in vibration-exposed patients with hand symptoms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3514171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23136907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-7-22
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