caa a22 4500 467941394 CHVBK 20180406153013.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00421-004-1263-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00421-004-1263-6 Perceived work demands, felt stress, and musculoskeletal neck/shoulder symptoms among elderly female computer users. The NEW study [Elektronische Daten] [P. Larsman, L. Sandsjö, A. Klipstein, M. Vollenbroek-Hutten, H. Christensen] The aim of the present study was to test a structural model of the relationship between the perceived quantitative (time pressure and unevenly distributed workload) and emotional work demands and self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms from the neck and shoulder region with felt stress (rested, relaxed, calm, tense, stressed, and pressured at the end of a normal workday) as a mediating variable. As part of the NEW (Neuromuscular assessment in the Elderly Worker) study, a European case-control study, the present cross-sectional study was based on a questionnaire survey among Danish, Dutch, Swedish and Swiss female computer users aged 45 or older ( n =148). The hypothesized structural model was tested using structural equation modelling. The results indicate that perceived work demands influence neck/shoulder musculoskeletal symptoms through their effect on felt stress. The results further indicate complete mediation, which means that all of the effect of the perceived work demands on symptoms could be attributed to the stress mechanism. As regards the percentage of explained variance in the endogenous variables, 36% of the variation in felt stress was explained by the perceived work demands, and about 20% of the variation in musculoskeletal neck/shoulder symptoms was explained by the combination of the perceived work demands and the felt stress. Springer-Verlag, 2004 Mediation nationallicence Musculoskeletal symptoms nationallicence Felt stress nationallicence Perceived work demands nationallicence Structural equation modelling nationallicence Larsman P. Göteborg University, Department of Psychology, Göteborg, Sweden aut Sandsjö L. National Institute for Working Life/West, Box 8850, 40272, Göteborg, Sweden aut Klipstein A. University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland aut Vollenbroek-Hutten M. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut Christensen H. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 96/2(2006-01-01), 127-135 1439-6319 96:2<127 2006 96 421 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-004-1263-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-004-1263-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larsman P. Göteborg University, Department of Psychology, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sandsjö L. National Institute for Working Life/West, Box 8850, 40272, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klipstein A. University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology and Institute of Physical Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vollenbroek-Hutten M. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Christensen H. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 96/2(2006-01-01), 127-135 1439-6319 96:2<127 2006 96 421 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer