Association of work-life balance with occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain among Korean workers.
Occupational injury
Work-life balance
Work-related musculoskeletal pain
Journal
Annals of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 2052-4374
Titre abrégé: Ann Occup Environ Med
Pays: Korea (South)
ID NLM: 101609244
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
06
04
2020
accepted:
22
06
2020
entrez:
18
8
2020
pubmed:
18
8
2020
medline:
18
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The concept of work-life balance (WLB) has become an important issue in workers' health and safety. This study aims to investigate the relationship between WLB and occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain. The study included 27,383 workers who participated in the Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey. Participants were divided into good WLB and poor WLB groups based on their responses to the five question items which comprised two dimensions: work-on-life conflict (items, 1-3) and life-on-work conflict (items 4 and 5). Occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain were also assessed using the question items. The χ Of the 27,383 participants, 252 (0.9%) had experienced an occupational injury and 6,408 (23.4%) had musculoskeletal pain. The poor WLB group had higher injury rates for both men (1.7%) and women (0.9%) than the good WLB group (1.1% and 0.4%, respectively). Additionally, the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was higher for both men and women in the poor WLB group (25.2% and 28.0%, respectively) than for men and women in the good WLB group (18.7% and 23.6%, respectively). In the logistic regression analysis, the adjusted odds ratio of WLB for occupational injury was 1.37 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06-1.78), and that for musculoskeletal pain was 1.14 (95% CI: 1.07-1.21), showing positive associations of WLB with both occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain. Poor WLB causes an increase in occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, an improvement in WLB may reduce the incidence of occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain among workers. Social and policy-related initiatives are needed to improve workers' WLB to reduce occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The concept of work-life balance (WLB) has become an important issue in workers' health and safety. This study aims to investigate the relationship between WLB and occupational injury and work-related musculoskeletal pain.
METHOD
METHODS
The study included 27,383 workers who participated in the Fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey. Participants were divided into good WLB and poor WLB groups based on their responses to the five question items which comprised two dimensions: work-on-life conflict (items, 1-3) and life-on-work conflict (items 4 and 5). Occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain were also assessed using the question items. The χ
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of the 27,383 participants, 252 (0.9%) had experienced an occupational injury and 6,408 (23.4%) had musculoskeletal pain. The poor WLB group had higher injury rates for both men (1.7%) and women (0.9%) than the good WLB group (1.1% and 0.4%, respectively). Additionally, the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was higher for both men and women in the poor WLB group (25.2% and 28.0%, respectively) than for men and women in the good WLB group (18.7% and 23.6%, respectively). In the logistic regression analysis, the adjusted odds ratio of WLB for occupational injury was 1.37 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.06-1.78), and that for musculoskeletal pain was 1.14 (95% CI: 1.07-1.21), showing positive associations of WLB with both occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Poor WLB causes an increase in occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, an improvement in WLB may reduce the incidence of occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain among workers. Social and policy-related initiatives are needed to improve workers' WLB to reduce occupational injury and musculoskeletal pain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32802336
doi: 10.35371/aoem.2020.32.e20
pmc: PMC7406714
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e20Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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