The Unequal Burden of Self-Reported Musculoskeletal Pains Among South Korean and European Employees Based on Age, Gender, and Employment Status
Safety and Health at Work
; : 57-65, 2021.
Artículo
en Inglés
| WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
| ID: wpr-903361
Biblioteca responsable:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
Background@#The objective of this study was to elucidate the relationships musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability in terms of age, gender, and employment status @*Methods@#The fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) in 2010 (43,816 participants aged 15 years and over) analyzed for European employees and the third Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) in 2011 (50,032 participants aged 15 years and older) analyzed for Korean employees. In this study, three well known vulnerable factors to musculoskeletal pains (older age, female gender, and precarious employment status) were combined and defined as combined vulnerability. Associations of musculoskeletal pains with combined vulnerability were assessed with prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated by Poisson regression models with robust estimates of variance. @*Results@#The prevalences of musculoskeletal pains were lower but the absolute and relative differences between combined vulnerabilities were higher among Korean employees compared with the European employees. Furthermore, the increased risk of having musculoskeletal pains according to combined vulnerability was modestly explained by socioeconomic factors and exposure to ergonomic risk factors, especially in Republic of Korea. @*Conclusions@#The results of this study showed that the labor market may be more unfavorable for female and elderly workers in Republic of Korea. Any prevention strategies to ward off musculoskeletal pains, therefore, should be found and implemented to mitigate or buffer against the most vulnerable work population, older, female, and precarious employment status, in Republic of Korea.
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Contexto en salud:
Agenda de Salud Sostenible para las Américas
Problema de salud:
Objetivo 11: Desigualdades e inequidades en la salud
Base de datos:
WPRIM (Pacífico Occidental)
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Aspecto:
Determinantes sociales de la salud
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Equidad y inequidad
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Safety and Health at Work
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo