caa a22 4500 467941408 CHVBK 20180406153013.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00421-005-0041-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00421-005-0041-4 Comparative assessment of study groups of elderly female computer users from four European countries: questionnaires used in the NEW study [Elektronische Daten] [L. Sandsjö, P. Larsman, M. Vollenbroek-Hutten, T. Läubli, B. Juul-Kristensen, A. Klipstein, H. Hermens, K. Søgaard] There is a lack of consistent and comprehensive questionnaire forms for the studies of factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders at the European level. One of the results of the EU-funded project, neuromuscular assessment in the elderly worker (NEW), is a set of questionnaires for the screening of musculoskeletal status and the studies of factors that are believed to affect musculoskeletal health. The questionnaires have been used among elderly women (45+) in different occupations and organisations in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. The aim of this short communication is to present the questionnaires used in the NEW study and to evaluate the appropriateness of pooling data gathered in each participating country into a common database. It is concluded that although differences exist among the study samples, these are not of such a magnitude or pattern that data from the four groups cannot be pooled. The questionnaires are available in Danish, Dutch, English, German and Swedish. Springer-Verlag, 2005 Work-related musculoskeletal disorders nationallicence Questionnaire nationallicence Multi-centre study nationallicence Sandsjö L. National Institute for Working Life, P.O. Box 8850, SE-402 72, Göteborg, Sweden aut Larsman P. National Institute for Working Life, P.O. Box 8850, SE-402 72, Göteborg, Sweden aut Vollenbroek-Hutten M. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut Läubli T. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland aut Juul-Kristensen B. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut Klipstein A. University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut Hermens H. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut Søgaard K. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 96/2(2006-01-01), 122-126 1439-6319 96:2<122 2006 96 421 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-005-0041-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-005-0041-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sandsjö L. National Institute for Working Life, P.O. Box 8850, SE-402 72, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larsman P. National Institute for Working Life, P.O. Box 8850, SE-402 72, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vollenbroek-Hutten M. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Läubli T. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Juul-Kristensen B. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klipstein A. University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hermens H. Roessingh Research and Development, Enschede, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Søgaard K. National Institute of Occupational Health, Copenhagen, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Applied Physiology Springer-Verlag 96/2(2006-01-01), 122-126 1439-6319 96:2<122 2006 96 421 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer