Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article)
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article)
Subject
Musculoskeletal pain, School teachers, Workplace violence
Description
Background: This study investigated the relationship between verbal aggression against school teachers and upper extremity (neck, shoulder, upper limb, and/or upper back) musculoskeletal pain.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 525 elementary school teachers from Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Northeast Brazil.
Results: The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among teachers who reported verbal aggression in the past six months (67.7%) was higher than that among those who did not report verbal aggression (51.7%): (prevalence ratio 1⁄4 1.21; 95% confidence interval 1⁄4 1.04-1.40). The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was associated with verbal aggression, sex, and common mental disorders, controlled by skin color, age, monthly income, teachers' education, years working as a teacher, workload, and obesity. Furthermore, the measure of the association between verbal aggression and upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was modified by sex and common mental disorders, considered altogether. Teachers who suffered verbal aggression, of the feminine sex, and also having common mental disorders reported high prevalence (85.4%) of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain.
Conclusion: The association between verbal violence in the school and complaints of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was strong and modified by teachers' sex and common mental disorders.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 525 elementary school teachers from Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Northeast Brazil.
Results: The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain among teachers who reported verbal aggression in the past six months (67.7%) was higher than that among those who did not report verbal aggression (51.7%): (prevalence ratio 1⁄4 1.21; 95% confidence interval 1⁄4 1.04-1.40). The prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was associated with verbal aggression, sex, and common mental disorders, controlled by skin color, age, monthly income, teachers' education, years working as a teacher, workload, and obesity. Furthermore, the measure of the association between verbal aggression and upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was modified by sex and common mental disorders, considered altogether. Teachers who suffered verbal aggression, of the feminine sex, and also having common mental disorders reported high prevalence (85.4%) of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain.
Conclusion: The association between verbal violence in the school and complaints of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain was strong and modified by teachers' sex and common mental disorders.
Creator
Albanita G.C. Ceballos , Fernando M. Carvalho
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2020
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
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Citation
Albanita G.C. Ceballos , Fernando M. Carvalho, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 2 2020
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2003.
Verbal Aggression Against Teacher and Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2003.