The importance of physical and psychosocial risk factors for disease / disorder of the muscles and joints-a prospective study of women in health care and school

SND-ID: EXT 0075

This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

Overview
Data and documentation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Inger Arvidsson - Lund University and Region Skåne, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine and och Occupation and Environmental Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Skåne

Catarina Nordander - Lund University and Region Skåne, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine and och Occupation and Environmental Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Skåne

Jenny Gremark-Simonsen - Lund University and Region Skåne, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine and och Occupation and Environmental Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Skåne

Anna Larsson - Lund University and Region Skåne, Department of Occupation and Environmental Medicine,Department of Laboratory Medicine and och Occupation and Environmental Medicine, Laboratory Medicine Skåne

Description

Primary outcome variables: pain neck / shoulder and elbow / hand.
Primary exposures: Physical exertion (ergonomic factors) and psychosocial work environment (demand-control, fatigue, etc.).
Monitoring will take place 2 ½ years after baseline.

Purpose:

To elucidate the importance of physical and psychosocial work factors for disorders of the muscles and joints and to develop intervention of ergonomic conditions that reduce risk.

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Lund University

Responsible department/unit

Department of Laboratory Medicine, Lund

Protection and ethical review

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Individual

Time period(s) investigated

2008-10 – 2012-12

2011-11 – 2015-02

Geographic coverage

Topic and keywords

Research area

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

cohort studies, health occupations, prospective studies, women, workload, surveys and questionnaires, ergonomics, mental fatigue, occupational exposure, teachers, working conditions, epihealth, scania, epihealth_skåne

Publications

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Contact

Inger Arvidsson

inger.arvidsson@med.lu.se

Dataset 1

The importance of physical and psychosocial risk factors for disease / disorder of the muscles and joints-a prospective study of women in health care and school: Baseline

Associated documentation

Enkät.pdf

Undersökningsschema.pdf

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Time period(s) investigated

2008-10 – 2012-12

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2008-10–2012-12
Source of the data: Population group

Number of individuals/objects

1598

Response rate/participation rate

77%

Dataset 2

The importance of physical and psychosocial risk factors for disease / disorder of the muscles and joints-a prospective study of women in health care and school: Follow up

Associated documentation

Enkät.pdf

Undersökningsschema.pdf

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Time period(s) investigated

2011-11 – ongoing

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
Time period(s) for data collection: 2011-11–2015-02
Source of the data: Population group

Published: 2013-09-11

Last updated: 2017-10-16

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