Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are well known and common worldwide, specifically Upper Extremity Discomfort (UED) which is prevalent among office workers who use computers. Work organization, psychosocial factors, physical factors, psychological factors, workstation, working environm...

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Main Author:	Albreem, Lina A. M.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology
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spelling	my-uum-etd.98622022-09-20T01:52:22Z Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator 2022 Albreem, Lina A. M. Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew School of Business Management School of Business Management HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are well known and common worldwide, specifically Upper Extremity Discomfort (UED) which is prevalent among office workers who use computers. Work organization, psychosocial factors, physical factors, psychological factors, workstation, working environment and other factors can contribute to the occurrence of UED among computer-based office workers. However, there are also cognitive factors (i.e. attitudes/beliefs/attributions) in the relationship between psychosocial factors and UED which are still not understood in depth by researchers. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study is aimed to shed light on the influence of psychosocial factors on UED, and the cognitive factors as the mediator on this relationship, among the workers in A’Sharqiyah University (ASU) in Oman. Several scales of the Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) and the Upper Limb Disorders Questionnaire (ULDQ) were adopted in the questionnaire of the current study in collecting data. These scales were also translated into the Arabic language to fit the multi-cultural sample of the study. Correlational and regression analysis were also applied to the data and were processed using the SPSS software. This study adds new knowledge by clarifying the cognitive factor's role in the context of psychosocial factors and UED in the context of computer-based office work. Furthermore, it gives an indication to what extent UED is prevalent among workers in the private universities in Oman. It is recommended that cognitive-behavioral principles and multidisciplinary occupational rehabilitation are to be used in the pain management program for workers who complain of upper extremity musculoskeletal problem in order to improve occupational outcomes in the short term and significantly to reduce the rate of the occurrence of sickness in the longer term. This will eventually help to reduce the economic burden of MSDs worldwide. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/1/depositpermission_s819128.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/2/s819128_01.pdf text eng 2023-02-28 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/3/s819128_02.pdf text eng 2023-02-28 staffonly other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Abdullah, Nor Azimah Chew
topic	HF5548.7-5548.85 Industrial Psychology
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description	Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are well known and common worldwide, specifically Upper Extremity Discomfort (UED) which is prevalent among office workers who use computers. Work organization, psychosocial factors, physical factors, psychological factors, workstation, working environment and other factors can contribute to the occurrence of UED among computer-based office workers. However, there are also cognitive factors (i.e. attitudes/beliefs/attributions) in the relationship between psychosocial factors and UED which are still not understood in depth by researchers. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study is aimed to shed light on the influence of psychosocial factors on UED, and the cognitive factors as the mediator on this relationship, among the workers in A’Sharqiyah University (ASU) in Oman. Several scales of the Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ) and the Upper Limb Disorders Questionnaire (ULDQ) were adopted in the questionnaire of the current study in collecting data. These scales were also translated into the Arabic language to fit the multi-cultural sample of the study. Correlational and regression analysis were also applied to the data and were processed using the SPSS software. This study adds new knowledge by clarifying the cognitive factor's role in the context of psychosocial factors and UED in the context of computer-based office work. Furthermore, it gives an indication to what extent UED is prevalent among workers in the private universities in Oman. It is recommended that cognitive-behavioral principles and multidisciplinary occupational rehabilitation are to be used in the pain management program for workers who complain of upper extremity musculoskeletal problem in order to improve occupational outcomes in the short term and significantly to reduce the rate of the occurrence of sickness in the longer term. This will eventually help to reduce the economic burden of MSDs worldwide.
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author	Albreem, Lina A. M.
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title	Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator
title_short	Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator
title_full	Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/1/depositpermission_s819128.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/2/s819128_01.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/9862/3/s819128_02.pdf
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Relationships of psychosocial factors and upper extremity discomfort in office workers: cognitive factor as a mediator

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