title: Workplace psychosocial and organizational factors for neck pain in workers in the United States.
abstract: Neck pain is a prevalent musculoskeletal condition among workers in the United States. This study explores a set of workplace psychosocial and organization-related factors for neck pain.
  
  
  
  Data used for this study come from the 2010 National Health Interview Survey which provides a representative sample of the US population. To account for the complex sampling design, the Taylor linearized variance estimation method was used. Logistic regression models were constructed to measure the associations.
  
  
  
  This study demonstrated significant associations between neck pain and a set of workplace risk factors, including work-family imbalance, exposure to a hostile work environment and job insecurity, non-standard work arrangements, multiple jobs, and long work hours.
  
  
  
  Workers with neck pain may benefit from intervention programs that address issues related to these workplace risk factors. Future studies exploring both psychosocial risk factors and physical risk factors with a longitudinal design will be important. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:549-560, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, California.
authors.forename: Haiou
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hitchcock
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, California.|Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haldeman
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Research and Technology, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Ming-Lun
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, California.
authors.forename: BongKyoo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.affiliation: Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of California, Irvine, California.
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D009790:Occupations; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States; D000072358:Work-Life Balance; D016526:Workload; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: epidemiology; neck pain; occupational health; psychosocial risk factors; work organization