title: Association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A growing body of evidence suggests that work-family conflict is an important risk factor for workers' health and well-being. The goal of this study is to examine association between work-family conflict and musculoskeletal pain among hospital patient care workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed a cross-sectional survey of 1,119 hospital patient care workers in 105 units in two urban, academic hospitals. Work-family conflict was measured by 5-item Work-Family Conflict Scale questionnaire. Multilevel logistic regression was applied to examine associations between work-family conflict and self-reported musculoskeletal pain in the past 3 months, adjusting for covariates including work-related psychosocial factors and physical work factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In fully adjusted models, high work-family conflict was strongly associated with neck or shoulder pain (OR: 2.34, 95% CI: 1.64-3.34), arm pain (OR: 2.79, 95% CI: 1.64-4.75), lower extremity pain (OR: 2.20, 95% CI: 1.54-3.15) and any musculoskeletal pain (OR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.56-3.85), and a number of body areas in pain (OR: 2.47, 95% CI: 1.82-3.36) in the past 3 months. The association with low back pain was attenuated and became non-significant after adjusting for covariates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given the consistent associations between work-family conflict and self-reported musculoskeletal pains, the results suggest that work-family conflict could be an important domain for health promotion and workplace policy development among hospital patient care workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20037, USA. sskim@gwu.edu
authors.forename: Seung-Sup
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Cassandra A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Okechukwu
authors.forename: Orfeu M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Buxton
authors.forename: Jack T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dennerlein
authors.forename: Leslie I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Boden
authors.forename: Dean M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Glorian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sorensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012380:Role; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*