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Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists
This study was performed to determine the associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), quality of life (QoL), and workplace stress among physical therapists (PTs) in South Korea. Self-reporting questionnaires were given to 855 PTs. Variables examined included general characte...
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963547/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860785 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2015-0127 |
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description | This study was performed to determine the associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), quality of life (QoL), and workplace stress among physical therapists (PTs) in South Korea. Self-reporting questionnaires were given to 855 PTs. Variables examined included general characteristics, WMSDs, QoL, and workplace stress. Of the 788 PTs who responded, 745 (94.5%) reported WMSDs affecting at least one body site. The most affected WMSDs site was the shoulder (23.3%), and the most reported number of body sites affected by WMSDs was one (50.9%). QoL was significantly improved (p<0.05) among PTs over 39 years old, who had 10–15 years of professional experience, worked in general/university hospitals, and had only one site affected by WMSDs. Factors influencing QoL included number of body sites affected by WMSDs, presence/absence of WMSDs, working venues, workplace stress, and age. Factors affecting workplace stress included number of body sites affected by WMSDs, QoL, work hours, and gender. The results showed a high prevalence of WMSDs among PTs in South Korea, and this negatively affected both QoL and workplace stress. |
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spelling | pubmed-49635472016-09-13 Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists BAE, Young-Hyeon MIN, Kyoung Sam Ind Health Original Article This study was performed to determine the associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), quality of life (QoL), and workplace stress among physical therapists (PTs) in South Korea. Self-reporting questionnaires were given to 855 PTs. Variables examined included general characteristics, WMSDs, QoL, and workplace stress. Of the 788 PTs who responded, 745 (94.5%) reported WMSDs affecting at least one body site. The most affected WMSDs site was the shoulder (23.3%), and the most reported number of body sites affected by WMSDs was one (50.9%). QoL was significantly improved (p<0.05) among PTs over 39 years old, who had 10–15 years of professional experience, worked in general/university hospitals, and had only one site affected by WMSDs. Factors influencing QoL included number of body sites affected by WMSDs, presence/absence of WMSDs, working venues, workplace stress, and age. Factors affecting workplace stress included number of body sites affected by WMSDs, QoL, work hours, and gender. The results showed a high prevalence of WMSDs among PTs in South Korea, and this negatively affected both QoL and workplace stress. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2016-02-10 2016-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4963547/ /pubmed/26860785 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2015-0127 Text en ©2016 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. |
spellingShingle | Original Article BAE, Young-Hyeon MIN, Kyoung Sam Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title | Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title_full | Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title_fullStr | Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title_short | Associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
title_sort | associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders, quality of life, and workplace stress in physical therapists |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4963547/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26860785 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2015-0127 |
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