The association between work related psychosocial factors, psychological distress, and individual sites of pain
| Odds ratios (95% CI)† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposure (either/both years compared with neither year)* | Low back pain | Shoulder pain | Knee pain | Forearm pain | Interaction with individual sites of pain Wald test, p value |
| *At time of recruitment and/or at one year follow up; †odds ratios adjusted for age and sex. | |||||
| Monotonous work | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.6) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7) | 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) | 2.1 (1.1 to 4.0) | 0.54 |
| Stressful work | 2.1 (1.5 to 3.0) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.7) | 1.6 (1.01 to 2.6) | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.6) | 0.55 |
| Hectic work | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.6) | 1.6 (1.1 to 2.4) | 1.5 (0.97 to 2.4) | 1.8 (1.01 to 3.4) | 0.82 |
| Lack of control over work | 0.99 (0.6 to 1.6) | 2.0 (1.3 to 3.2) | 1.7 (0.97 to 2.9) | 1.8 (0.9 to 3.6) | 0.05 |
| Seldom learn new things | 1.4 (0.8 to 2.4) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.8) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.4) | 1.4 (0.6 to 3.2) | 0.94 |
| Dissatisfied with job | 1.7 (0.96 to 3.1) | 1.1 (0.6 to 2.2) | 1.2 (0.6 to 2.5) | 2.3 (1.04 to 5.2) | 0.40 |
| Dissatisfied with support from colleagues | 1.6 (0.8 to 3.3) | 1.7 (0.8 to 3.6) | 2.1 (0.9 to 4.5) | 1.7 (0.6 to 4.4) | 0.97 |
| GHQ score >0 | 2.1 (1.5 to 3.1) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.2) | 2.1 (1.3 to 3.6) | 2.3 (1.1 to 4.6) | 0.99 |