[Structural equation analysis and modeling of wrist WMSDs and its adverse ergonomic factors].

X W Guo, Z X Wang, X Sun, M B Zhang, Q Xu, H D Zhang, R J Ling, Y M Liu, Z Wang, G Li, Y Yin, H Shao, J Li, H D Zhang, B Qiu, D Y Wang, Q Zeng, R G Wang, Y Ye, B Xiao, H Zou, J C Chen, D X Li, Y Q Liu, Q H Shi, J X Liu, E F Jiang, J Qi, L Y Mei, X F Zhao, M M Yang, N Jia
Author Information
  1. X W Guo: Laboratory of Occupational Protection and Ergonomics, National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  2. Z X Wang: Laboratory of Occupational Protection and Ergonomics, National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  3. X Sun: National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  4. M B Zhang: National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  5. Q Xu: Laboratory of Occupational Protection and Ergonomics, National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  6. H D Zhang: Office of the Director, Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing 400042, China.
  7. R J Ling: Office of Hubei Clinical Medical Research Center for Occupational Diseases and Poisoning, Wuhan 430024, China.
  8. Y M Liu: Department of Occupational Health Management, Guangzhou Twelfth People's Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510620, China.
  9. Z Wang: Key Laboratory of Occupational Environment and Health, Guangzhou Institute of Occupational Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 510620.
  10. G Li: Liaoning Provincial Health Service Center, Shenyang 110399, China.
  11. Y Yin: Department of Occupational Health, Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200051, China.
  12. H Shao: Testing and Evaluation Center, Shandong Academy of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, Jinan 255030, China.
  13. J Li: Office of Beijing Institute of Chemical Industry Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Beijing 100195, China.
  14. H D Zhang: Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China.
  15. B Qiu: Office of Public Health Emergency Management, Civil Aviation Medical Center, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Beijing 100010, China.
  16. D Y Wang: Department of Physical Examination, Tianjin Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Hospital, Tianjin 300011, China.
  17. Q Zeng: Institute of Occupational Health, Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China.
  18. R G Wang: Institute of Occupational Health, Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China.
  19. Y Ye: Institute of Occupational Health, Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100013, China.
  20. B Xiao: Institute of Physical Factors Monitoring, Guangdong Province Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention and Treatment, Guangzhou 510300, China.
  21. H Zou: Institute of Occupational Health and Radiation Protection, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou 310051, China.
  22. J C Chen: Medical Department, Fujian Province Occupational Disease and Chemical Poisoning Prevention and Control Center, Fuzhou 350025, China.
  23. D X Li: Office of the Guizhou Province Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Hospital, Guiyang 610599, China.
  24. Y Q Liu: Occupational Disease Hospital, Institute of Occupational Medicine of Jiangxi, Nanchang 330006, China.
  25. Q H Shi: Occupational Disease Hospital, Institute of Occupational Medicine of Jiangxi, Nanchang 330006, China.
  26. J X Liu: Office of the Ningxia Center for Disease Control and Prevention, inchuan 750003, China.
  27. E F Jiang: Institute of Occupational and Radiation Health, Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu 610044, China.
  28. J Qi: Institute of Occupational Health and Radiological Hygiene, Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Kunming 650118, China.
  29. L Y Mei: Institute of Health Surveillance, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan 430070, China.
  30. X F Zhao: Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health, Shaanxi Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Xi'an 710054, China.
  31. M M Yang: Laboratory of Occupational Protection and Ergonomics, National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
  32. N Jia: Laboratory of Occupational Protection and Ergonomics, National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.

Abstract

To investigate the relationships and impacts between various occupational ergonomic hazards and hand and wrist fatigue, as well as work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) of the hand and wrist, and to propose targeted preventive and intervention measures for adverse occupational ergonomic factors causing WMSDs of the hand and wrist. From 2018 to December 2023, a nationwide epidemiologic survey study of wrist WMSDs was conducted using the Chinese version of the electronic questionnaire system for musculoskeletal disorders.A total of 88, 609 valid questionnaires were collected. The exclusion criteria were as follows: patients with congenital spinal deformities, as well as those with wrist WMSDs caused by external injuries, infectious diseases, and malignant tumors. A total of 73, 497 questionnaires were finally included in the study analysis, with an effective questionnaire return rate of 82.5%. Exploratory factor analysis was used to analyze and summarize the factors affecting wrist WMSDs from the questionnaires, including individual factors, work organization, work type, wrist work posture, wrist fatigue, and wrist WMSDs as latent variables, and to hypothesize, fit, and validate the structural aspect model, as well as to conduct mediation effect analysis. The incidence of WMSDs and fatigue in wrist was 12.19% and 16.30% respectively. The fitting indexes of the modified structural equation model were basically up to the standard (GFI was 0.981, AGFI was 0.973, RMSEA was 0.031, NFI was 0.863, IFI and CFI were 0.865). There is a correlation between individual factors, work organization, wrist working posture and work type. There was a low negative correlation between individual factors and other factors, and there was a positive correlation between work organization, work type and wrist WMSDs (=0.346, 0.295), and these two factors were positively correlated with wrist fatigue height (=0.862, 0.599), and were positively correlated with wrist working posture (=0.443, 0.620). There was moderate positive correlation between wrist working posture and wrist fatigue (=0.469). The three most influential factors on wrist WMSDs were work organization, individual factor and work type, and the path coefficients were 0.247, 0.210 and 0.136, respectively. The first two factors that have the greatest influence on wrist fatigue are work organization and work type, and the path coefficients are 0.758 and 0.188, respectively. Individual factors, work type, wrist working posture and work organization had direct effects on wrist WMSDs, and the effect values were 0.093, 0.253, 0.718 and 0.583, respectively. Wrist fatigue played a partial mediating role between individual factors, work type, wrist working posture and work organization and wrist WMSDs, with the indirect effect ratio of 25.6%, 45.8%, 3.2% and 65.5%. Wrist fatigue plays an important mediating role in the path of various factors affecting wrist WMSDs, especially in the path of work organization, work type, individual factors and wrist WMSDs. Poor wrist working posture is an important risk factor that directly affects the occurrence of wrist WMSDs.

Keywords

Grants

  1. 2022YFC2503205/National Key R&D Program of China
  2. 102393220020090000020/The Project of Occupational Health Risk Assessment and the National Occupational Health Standard Formulation of the National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control

MeSH Term

Humans
Ergonomics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Occupational Diseases
Risk Factors
Wrist
Male
Posture
Female
Adult
Fatigue
Incidence

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