Occupational stress and musculoskeletal symptoms in firefighters.


Journal

International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health
ISSN: 1896-494X
Titre abrégé: Int J Occup Med Environ Health
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 9437093

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
14 Jun 2019
Historique:
pubmed: 3 4 2019
medline: 27 11 2019
entrez: 3 4 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential association between occupational stress and musculoskeletal symptoms in firefighters. Data were collected among Cypriot firefighters through a battery of adapted questionnaires completed anonymously. A total of 430 firefighters (a response rate of 68%) completed the survey (the age range: 21-60 years). A total of 11% of firefighters reported moderate to extremely severe stress through the Occupational stress constitutes a significant risk for firefighters and is associated with higher prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms at work. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2019;32(3):341-52.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30938370
pii: 94554
doi: 10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01268
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

341-352

Informations de copyright

This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.

Auteurs

Elpidoforos S Soteriades (ES)

American Medical Center, Nicosia, Cyprus (Department of Occupational Medicine). esoteria@hsph.harvard.edu.

Lilia Psalta (L)

University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (Department of Psychology). liliapsalta@gmail.com.

Stavroula Leka (S)

University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (School of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Centre for Organizational Health and Development). Stavroula.Leka@nottingham.ac.uk.

George Spanoudis (G)

University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (Department of Psychology). spanoud@ucy.ac.cy.

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