KMID : 1039220150250020211
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2015 Volume.25 No. 2 p.211 ~ p.219
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The Relationship between Experience of Workplace Violence and Musculoskeletal Pain among Wage Workers in South Korea
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Yoon Jae-Hong
Sung Hyo-Ju Kim Yu-Gyun Kim Seung-Sup
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Abstract
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Objectives: We aimed to examine the association between experience of workplace violence and musculoskeletal pain among wage workers in South Korea.
Methods: We analyzed a cross-sectional survey of 29,601 wage workers from the third wave Korean Working Conditions Survey in 2011. Experience of workplace violence was assessed through three questions, ¡°Over the past 12 months, have you ever experienced: (1) physical violence, (2) bullying, or (3) sexual harassment at workplace?¡± Musculoskeletal pain was measured using the three questions, ¡°Over the past 12 months, have you ever experienced: (1) low back pain, or (2) upper limb pain(i.e. shoulder, neck, and arm), or (3) lower limb pain(i.e. hip, leg, knee, and foot)?¡± Wage workers could answer ¡®Yes¡¯ or ¡®No¡¯ to each of the three questions. Multivariate negative binomial regression was applied to examine the association between workplace violence and musculoskeletal pain after adjusting for confounders including self-reported physical work factors. All analyses were performed using STATA/SE version 13.0.
Results: Physical violence was associated with low back pain(PR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.77, 2.65), upper(PR: 1.65, 95% CI: 1.45, 1.88) and lower limb pain(PR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.52, 2.15) among male wage workers whereas it was related to upper(PR: 1.86, 95% CI: 1.53, 2.26) and lower limb pain(PR: 2.95, 95% CI: 2.47, 3.53) among female wage workers. Significant association was observed between sexual harassment and upper(PR: 1.25, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.56) and lower limb pain(PR: 2.41, 95% CI: 1.97, 2.93) among female wage workers whereas the association was only significant in the analysis with lower limb pain(PR: 1.87, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.97) among male wage workers. Bullying was associated only with lower limb pains among both male(PR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.32, 2.37) and female(PR: 2.10, 95% CI: 1.69, 2.61) wage workers.
Conclusions: This study found that experience of workplace violence, particularly physical violence and sexual harassment, was associated with musculoskeletal pain among Korean wage workers.
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KEYWORD
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bullying, musculoskeletal symptoms, physical violence, sexual harassment
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