PMID- 35010514
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220124
LR  - 20240405
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Dec 27
TI  - A Study on the Correlations between Musculoskeletal Disorders and Work-Related 
      Psychosocial Factors among Nursing Aides in Long-Term Care Facilities.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph19010255 [doi]
LID - 255
AB  - BACKGROUND: Among the nursing aides employed at long-term care facilities 
      (LTCFs), those with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are most likely to 
      experience disability or develop an intention to leave. The purpose of this study 
      was to investigate the association of work-related psychological factors among 
      nursing aides in LTCFs with MSDs in Taiwan. METHODS: Purposive sampling was used 
      in this cross-sectional study to enrol 308 nursing aides from residential LTCFs 
      in Taiwan as research subjects. A demographic and job background survey, a job 
      content questionnaire (JCQ), and the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) 
      were used to collect data. RESULTS: Lower job control associated with higher 
      psychological job demands, and lower social support was associated with more 
      severe MSDs for the nursing aides (p < 0.001). Among the MSDs reported by nursing 
      aides in LTCFs, lower back pain was the most serious. In addition, nationality, 
      age, exercise habits, chronic diseases, worksite, lack of rest time, lack of 
      assistive devices, low coworker support, and high psychological job demands were 
      significant factors affecting MSDs. In total, 42.1% of the variance in MSDs among 
      nursing aides in LTCFs was explained. CONCLUSIONS: Work-related psychological 
      factors among nursing aides in LTCFs have an important association with MSDs. For 
      nursing aides, coworker support should be improved, and their psychological 
      demands at work should be reduced.
FAU - Yang, Man-Hua
AU  - Yang MH
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1554-4639
AD  - Institute of Clinical Nursing, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung 
      University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
FAU - Jhan, Chao-Jie
AU  - Jhan CJ
AD  - Institute of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing, National Yang Ming University, 
      Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
FAU - Hsieh, Pei-Chi
AU  - Hsieh PC
AD  - Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taichung 43304, Taiwan.
FAU - Kao, Chieh-Chun
AU  - Kao CC
AD  - Department of Nursing, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health, Keelung 
      20301, Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211227
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Long-Term Care
MH  - *Musculoskeletal Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - *Nursing Assistants
MH  - *Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC8750889
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - assistive device
OT  - job content questionnaire
OT  - musculoskeletal disorders
OT  - nursing aides
OT  - psychosocial factors
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/01/12 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/27 06:00
PMCR- 2021/12/27
CRDT- 2022/01/11 01:10
PHST- 2021/11/09 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/01/11 01:10 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/01/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/27 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph19010255 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-00255 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph19010255 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 27;19(1):255. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph19010255.