title: The relationship of low-back pain, work history, work environment, and stress. A retrospective cross-sectional study of 38- to 64-year-old women.
abstract: The association between low-back pain (LBP) and different work factors was investigated in a retrospective cross-sectional study of a random sample of 1,760 38- to 64-year-old women. The life-time incidence of LBP was 66% and the prevalence was 35%. In a univariate analysis, eight work variables correlated to LBP viz. more forward bending, more lifting, more standing, more monotonous work, dissatisfaction with the work tasks, dissatisfaction with the work environment, a higher degree of worry, and fatigue at the end of the work day. In a covariate analysis, however, only the three psychological variables remained directly associated to LBP viz. dissatisfaction with the work environment, a higher degree of worry, and fatigue at the end of the work day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery I, Sahlgren Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Andersson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009790:Occupations; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D013548:Sweden