Psychosocial Work Factors and Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study among Swedish Flight Baggage Handlers

Table 5

Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals for associations of psychosocial factors with pain interfering with work (PIW) in the low back (LBP) and shoulder (SP) during the preceding year. All analyses were adjusted for age, BMI, general health and physical work load. Significant HRs marked in boldface.

	LBP PIW		SP PIW
	HR	95% CI	HR	95% CI
Work organization, job content
Influence at work	1.60	0.83–3.09	2.12	0.98–4.57
Possibilities for development	2.86	1.32–6.18	2.63	1.06–6.51
Variation	2.31	1.08–4.94	1.33	0.55–3.20
Meaning of work	2.76	1.35–5.61	2.06	0.86–4.91
Commitment to the workplace	2.39	1.15–4.95	1.44	0.63–3.29
Interpersonal relations
Predictability	1.94	0.94–3.98	1.44	0.62–3.37
Recognition	2.67	1.33–5.35	2.57	1.11–5.95
Role clarity	1.61	0.76–3.40	1.05	0.45–2.46
Role conflicts	1.25	0.58–2.72	2.08	0.81–5.30
Quality of leadership	1.77	0.82–3.82	1.22	0.51–2.94
Social support from colleagues	2.48	1.16–5.29	4.06	1.55–10.65
Social support from supervisors	2.22	1.08–4.58	1.33	0.60–2.95
Social community at work	0.85	0.42–1.73	1.47	0.67–3.25
Work organization	3.65	1.67–7.99	2.68	1.09–6.61
Interpersonal relations	2.18	1.06–4.49	2.09	0.88–4.96