Table 2.
Correlations between exposure to PRFs at work and musculoskeletal symptoms
| Musculoskeletal symptoms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms 12 months | Impairments 12 months | Medical care 12 months | Symptoms 7 days | |||||
| rpb | 95%CI | rpb | 95%CI | rpb | 95%CI | rpb | 95%CI | |
| RAC | 0.26* | 0.06-0.45 | 0.03 | -0.13-0.18 | 0.37* | 0.22-0.51 | 0.13 | -0.05-0.29 |
| RO | 0.28* | 0.11-0.44 | 0.37* | 0.24-0.49 | 0.33* | 0.18-0.46 | 0.27* | 0.07-0.47 |
| LSS | 0.22** | 0.04-0.38 | 0.39* | 0.17-0.55 | 0.53* | 0.33-0.67 | 0.00 | -0.17-0.17 |
| JI | 0.37* | 0.21-0.52 | 0.30* | 0.13-0.45 | 0.42* | 0.28-0.54 | 0.37* | 0.23-0.49 |
| LA | 0.25* | 0.06-0.43 | 0.31* | 0.15-0.45 | 0.47* | 0.31-0.61 | 0.09 | -0.14-0.27 |
| WFC | 0.35* | 0.21-0.48 | 0.27* | 0.13-0.38 | 0.37* | 0.26-0.47 | 0.38* | 0.24-0.51 |
| RAP | 0.22** | 0.05-0.39 | 0.05 | -0.12-0.22 | 0.27* | 0.15-0.40 | 0.22** | 0.05-0.37 |
RAC = role ambiguity and conflict; WFC = work-family conflict; LA = lack of autonomy; PRFs = psychosocial risk factors; LSS = lack of social support; JI = job insecurity; RAP = responsibility-associated pressure; rpb = point-biserial correlation coefficient; RO = role overload.
= p < 0.01;
= p < 0.05.