Musculoskeletal pain in women of the clothing industry: analysis through the perspective of the demand-control model.

Gontijo Augusto, Viviane; Ferreira Aquino, Cecília; Penha Gontijo, Daniel Silva; Ferreira Sampaio, Rosana

The objective of the study was to describe the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain (MEP) in workers of the clothing industry and to analyze the relationship between MEP and different forms of operationalizing the variable "high psychosocial strain". Three hundred and six workers from 40 companies were evaluated for MEP, through a self-report on the presence or absence of symptoms. For evaluating the psychosocial factors, we used the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Through the JCQ scores, the "high psychosocial strain" variable was operationalized in the forms: quadrant, ratio, logarithm of the ratio and subtraction. We tested the Poisson regression models, considering every form of calculation of the exposure variable and having MEP as the outcome. Of the workers evaluated, 54.3% had MEP. The probability of MEP occurrence in the presence of high strain at work in this study ranged from 1.2% to 75%, according to the operationalization of this variable. With the results obtained, we concluded that work situations with high psychosocial strain are associated with musculoskeletal pain in workers of the clothing industry. However, the form of definition and operationalization of the exposure variable (high strain) interfere in the values of probability of pain occurring.

Journal of Occupational Therapy of University of São Paulo / Revista de Terapia Ocupacional da Universidade de São Paulo, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 2, p172

1415-9104

Academic Journal

10.11606/issn.2238-6149.v27i2p172-179