Interactions between task repetition and psychosocial factors.
Psychosocial factors, individual factors, workplace requirements, and workplace organizational factors have all been reported as being associated with the risk of musculoskeletal disorders [11]. Huang, Feuerstein, and Sauter [5] described the various concepts and models proposed to link occupational stress and work-related upper extremity disorders, as well as the difficulty in verifying the suggested linkages. Huang et al. [5] suggested that decomposing a complex model would be an appropriate method to begin the investigations of the proposed models. Task repetition is a workplace requirement that is considered a potential risk factor for cumulative trauma and its relationship to psychosocial factors was investigated. The study found only weak to no statistically significant relationship between task repetition and reported psychosocial factors of job stress in workers in Taiwan.
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W356 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Michael W
MW
Riley
Yu-Ting
YT
Hung
Mao-Jiun
MJ
Wang
Yueh-Ling
YL
Lin
Jessica C
JC
Blunk
D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D013624:Taiwan