TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Worker assessments of organizational practices and psychosocial work environment are associated with musculoskeletal injuries in hospital patient care workers
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Dennerlein, Jack T.
A1  - O'Day, Elizabeth Tucker
A1  - Tveito, Torill H.
A1  - Boden, Leslie I.
A1  - Shaw, William S.
A1  - Reme, Silje Endresen
A1  - Sorensen, Glorian
SP  - 810
EP  - 818
VL  - 57
IS  - 7
N2  - BACKGROUND: Hospital patient care (PC) workers have high rates of workplace injuries, particularly musculoskeletal injuries. Despite a wide spectrum of documented health hazards, little is known about the association between psychosocial factors at work and OSHA-recordable musculoskeletal injuries. <br><br>METHODS: PC-workers (n = 1,572, 79%) completed surveys assessing a number of organizational, psychosocial and psychological variables. Associations between the survey responses and injury records were tested using bivariate and multivariate analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: A 5% of the PC-workers had at least one OSHA-recordable musculoskeletal injury over the year, and the injuries were significantly associated with: organizational factors (lower people-oriented culture), psychosocial factors (lower supervisor support), and structural factors (job title: being a patient care assistant). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results show support for a multifactorial understanding of musculoskeletal injuries in hospital PC-workers. An increased focus on the various dimensions associated with injury reports, particularly the organizational and psychosocial factors, could contribute to more efficient interventions and programs. Am. J. Ind. Med. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22319
ID  - ref1
ER  -