title: Work-family conflict and neck and back pain in surgical nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Surgical nurses' work is physically and mentally demanding, possibly leading to work-family conflict (WFC). The current study tests WFC to be a risk factor for neck and lower back pain (LBP). Job influence and social support are tested as resources that could buffer the detrimental impact of WFC.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-eight surgical nurses from two university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland were recruited. WFC was assessed with the Work-Family Conflict Scale. Job influence and social support were assessed with the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, and back pain was assessed with the North American Spine Society Instrument.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple linear regression analyses confirmed WFC as a significant predictor of cervical pain (β = 0.45, p < 0.001) and LBP (β = 0.33, p = 0.012). Job influence and social support did not turn out to be significant predictors and were not found to buffer the impact of WFC in moderator analyses.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  WFC is likely to affect neck and back pain in surgery nurses. Work-life interventions may have the potential to reduce WFC in surgery nurses.
authors.affiliation: a Health, Physiotherapy , Bern University of Applied Sciences , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Heiner
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-225X
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baur
authors.affiliation: b Department of Work and Organizational Psychology , University of Bern , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grebner
authors.affiliation: a Health, Physiotherapy , Bern University of Applied Sciences , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0934-8284
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasimann
authors.affiliation: c Clinic for Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery , University Hospital Freiburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirschmüller
authors.affiliation: c Clinic for Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery , University Hospital Freiburg , Germany.
authors.forename: Eva Johanna
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kubosch
authors.affiliation: b Department of Work and Organizational Psychology , University of Bern , Switzerland.|d National Centre of Competence in Research, University of Geneva , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Achim
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4274-0261
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elfering
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009726:Nurses; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire; North American Spine Society Outcome Assessment Instrument; Work–Family Conflict Scale; cervical pain; lumbar pain