Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Table 3 Relationship between job stress and musculoskeletal symptom

From: Relationship between Occupational Stress and Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Korean Male Firefighters

			Symptom(+)
	Total(n)	n	Frequency(%)	p-value
Physical environment				<0.001
High risk	10,825	1,700	15.70
Low risk	10,641	662	6.22
Job demand				<0.001
High risk	8,822	1,444	16.37
Low risk	12,644	918	7.26
Insufficient job control				0.027
High risk	9,048	1,046	11.56
Low risk	12,418	1,316	10.60
Interpersonal conflict				<0.001
High risk	8,529	1,137	13.33
Low risk	12,937	1,225	9.47
Job insecurity				<0.001
High risk	5,644	894	15.84
Low risk	15,822	1,468	9.28
Organizational system				<0.001
High risk	6,807	1,097	16.12
Low risk	14,659	1,265	8.63
Lack of reward				<0.001
High risk	5,683	897	15.78
Low risk	15,783	1,465	9.28
Occupational climate				<0.001
High risk	6,265	1,022	16.31
Low risk	15,201	1,340	8.82
Total job stress				<0.001
High risk	5,407	1,280	23.67
Low risk	16,059	1,082

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