TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of the work context in multiple wellness outcomes for hospital patient care workers
AU - Sorensen, Glorian
AU - Stoddard, Anne M.
AU - Stoffel, Sonja
AU - Buxton, Orfeu
AU - Sembajwe, Grace
AU - Hashimoto, Dean
AU - Dennerlein, Jack T.
AU - Hopcia, Karen
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U19 OH008861) for the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Work, Health and Well-being. This study would not have been accomplished without the participation of Partners HealthCare System and leadership from Dennis Colling and Kurt Westerman. The authors would like to thank Partners Occupational Health Services including Marlene Freeley for her guidance and Terry Orechia for programming support. We also thank individuals at each of the hospitals including Jeanette Ives Erickson, Mairead Hickey and Trish Gibbons in Patient Care Services leadership, and Jeff Davis and Lisa Pontin in Human Resources. We also thank Chris Kenwood of NERI for his statistical and programming support and Linnea Benson-Whelan for her assistance with the production of this manuscript.
Funding Information:
During the past three years, Dr. Buxton received an investigator-initiated research grant from Sepracor Inc. (now Sunovion) and consults for Disnmore LLC as an expert witness. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Objective: To examine the relationships among low back pain (LBP), inadequate physical activity, and sleep deficiency among patient care workers, and of these outcomes to work context. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of patient care workers (N = 1572, response rate = 79%). Results: A total of 53% reported LBP, 46%, inadequate physical activity, and 59%, sleep deficiency. Inadequate physical activity and sleep deficiency were associated (P = 0.02), but LBP was not significantly related to either. Increased risk of LBP was significantly related to job demands, harassment at work, decreased supervisor support, and job title. Inadequate physical activity was significantly associated with low decision latitude. Sleep deficiency was significantly related to low supervisor support, harassment at work, low ergonomic practices, people-oriented culture, and job title. Conclusions: These findings point to shared pathways in the work environment that jointly influence multiple health and well-being outcomes.
AB - Objective: To examine the relationships among low back pain (LBP), inadequate physical activity, and sleep deficiency among patient care workers, and of these outcomes to work context. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of patient care workers (N = 1572, response rate = 79%). Results: A total of 53% reported LBP, 46%, inadequate physical activity, and 59%, sleep deficiency. Inadequate physical activity and sleep deficiency were associated (P = 0.02), but LBP was not significantly related to either. Increased risk of LBP was significantly related to job demands, harassment at work, decreased supervisor support, and job title. Inadequate physical activity was significantly associated with low decision latitude. Sleep deficiency was significantly related to low supervisor support, harassment at work, low ergonomic practices, people-oriented culture, and job title. Conclusions: These findings point to shared pathways in the work environment that jointly influence multiple health and well-being outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318226a74a
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318226a74a
M3 - Article
C2 - 21775897
AN - SCOPUS:80051801271
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 53
SP - 899
EP - 910
JO - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
JF - Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
IS - 8
ER -