The greatest risk for low-back pain among newly educated female health care workers; body weight or physical work load?
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The greatest risk for low-back pain among newly educated female health care workers; body weight or physical work load? / Jensen, Jette Nygaard; Holtermann, Andreas; Clausen, Thomas; Mortensen, Ole Steen; Carneiro, Isabella Gomes; Andersen, Lars Louis.
I: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, Bind 13, 06.06.2012, s. 87.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The greatest risk for low-back pain among newly educated female health care workers; body weight or physical work load?
AU - Jensen, Jette Nygaard
AU - Holtermann, Andreas
AU - Clausen, Thomas
AU - Mortensen, Ole Steen
AU - Carneiro, Isabella Gomes
AU - Andersen, Lars Louis
PY - 2012/6/6
Y1 - 2012/6/6
N2 - BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) represents a major socioeconomic burden for the Western societies. Both life-style and work-related factors may cause low back pain. Prospective cohort studies assessing risk factors among individuals without prior history of low back pain are lacking. This aim of this study was to determine risk factors for developing low back pain (LBP) among health care workers.METHODS: Prospective cohort study with 2,235 newly educated female health care workers without prior history of LBP. Risk factors and incidence of LBP were assessed at one and two years after graduation.RESULTS: Multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, smoking, and psychosocial factors showed that workers with high physical work load had higher risk for developing LBP than workers with low physical work load (OR 1.8; 95% CI 1.1-2.8). In contrast, workers with high BMI were not at a higher risk for developing LBP than workers with a normal BMI.CONCLUSION: Preventive initiatives for LBP among health care workers ought to focus on reducing high physical work loads rather than lowering excessive body weight.
AB - BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) represents a major socioeconomic burden for the Western societies. Both life-style and work-related factors may cause low back pain. Prospective cohort studies assessing risk factors among individuals without prior history of low back pain are lacking. This aim of this study was to determine risk factors for developing low back pain (LBP) among health care workers.METHODS: Prospective cohort study with 2,235 newly educated female health care workers without prior history of LBP. Risk factors and incidence of LBP were assessed at one and two years after graduation.RESULTS: Multinomial logistic regression analyses adjusted for age, smoking, and psychosocial factors showed that workers with high physical work load had higher risk for developing LBP than workers with low physical work load (OR 1.8; 95% CI 1.1-2.8). In contrast, workers with high BMI were not at a higher risk for developing LBP than workers with a normal BMI.CONCLUSION: Preventive initiatives for LBP among health care workers ought to focus on reducing high physical work loads rather than lowering excessive body weight.
KW - Adult
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Body Mass Index
KW - Body Weight/physiology
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Denmark/epidemiology
KW - Educational Status
KW - Female
KW - Health Personnel
KW - Humans
KW - Logistic Models
KW - Low Back Pain/epidemiology
KW - Obesity/complications
KW - Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Workload/statistics & numerical data
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2474-13-87
DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-13-87
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22672781
VL - 13
SP - 87
JO - B M C Musculoskeletal Disorders
JF - B M C Musculoskeletal Disorders
SN - 1471-2474
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ID: 347800726