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Abstract
Context: Psychosocial factors at the workplace play a significant role in the development of work stress and are associated with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, and musculoskeletal disorders. Imbalance due to high effort and low reward at the workplace among information technology (IT) professionals can lead to work stress.
Aim: To assess the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) among IT professionals and its association with musculoskeletal pain.
Settings and design: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 IT professionals to assess their work-related stress and musculoskeletal pain.
Methods and material: A short version of the ERI questionnaire and Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was used. Along with the ERI questionnaire, the details on sociodemographic profile, chronic diseases, and substance abuses were ascertained.
Result: Among the study population, the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in any part of the body was 77% in the past one year. Effort-reward imbalance was present in 72% of the study population, and linear regression showed a significant correlation between the effort-reward component with the severity of musculoskeletal score (r = 0.725 P < 0.001). Odds ratio of ERI for musculoskeletal pain was 3.2, 95% CI (2.1-4.7), P < 0.01.
Conclusions: Psychosocial factors at work assessed through ERI appeared to be an important component in the development of musculoskeletal pain among IT professionals.
背景:工作场所的社会心理因素在工作压力的形成中起着重要作用,并与心血管疾病、糖尿病和肌肉骨骼疾病有关。信息技术(IT)专业人员在工作场所的高努力和低回报导致的不平衡可能导致工作压力。目的:评估IT专业人员的努力-回报不平衡(ERI)及其与肌肉骨骼疼痛的关系。环境和设计:在200名IT专业人士中进行了一项横断面研究,以评估他们的工作压力和肌肉骨骼疼痛。方法和材料:采用简短版的ERI问卷和北欧肌肉骨骼问卷。在ERI问卷调查的同时,还确定了社会人口概况、慢性病和药物滥用的详细情况。结果:在研究人群中,过去一年中身体任何部位肌肉骨骼疼痛的患病率为77%。72%的研究人群存在努力-奖励失衡,线性回归显示努力-奖励成分与肌肉骨骼评分严重程度之间存在显著相关性(r = 0.725 P < 0.001)。ERI与肌肉骨骼疼痛的比值比为3.2,95% CI (2.1 ~ 4.7), P < 0.01。结论:通过ERI评估的工作中的社会心理因素似乎是IT专业人员肌肉骨骼疼痛发展的重要组成部分。
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