caa a22 4500 397517025 CHVBK 20180308164621.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202s1995 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/eurpub/5.3.169 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/eurpub/5.3.169 JOHANSSON JAN Å. The impact of decision latitude, psychological load and social support at work on musculoskeletal symptoms [Elektronische Daten] [JAN Å JOHANSSON] The study was based on questionnaires and the subjects consisted of 755 male and female employees in different occupations. The aim was to explore the relationship between the combined effects of perceived decision latitude (control), psychological load and social support at work on work-related neck, shoulder and low-back symptoms. Prevalence rate ratios, stratified for age and sex, were calculated for different combinations in the 3-dimensional model where the theoretically lowest strain group (i.e. low psychological load, high decision latitude and high social support) was used as a reference category. Persons who perceived their psychological work-load as high and their decision latitude as low reported more musculoskeletal symptoms than persons with low psychological load and high decision latitude. The addition of social support at work is a significant dimension in moderating decision latitude; without support from supervisors and fellow workers it was not sufficient to reduce the impact of psychological load on musculoskeletal symptoms. The use of the 3-dimensional model provided a good picture of what structural characteristics of working life could constitute an increased risk for the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms. © European Journal of Public Health ORIGINAL ARTICLES nationallicence musculoskeletal symptoms nationallicence decision latitude nationallicence social support nationallicence psychological work-load nationallicence The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/3(1995), 169-174 1101-1262 5:3<169 1995 5 eurpub https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.3.169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.3.169 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- JOHANSSON JAN Å. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/3(1995), 169-174 1101-1262 5:3<169 1995 5 eurpub Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford