The Relationship between Musculoskeletal Symptoms and Type A Behavior Patterns in Housewife.
- Author:
Hee Ja CHOI
;
Hyun Rim CHOI
;
Chang Rae LEE
;
Chun Deok YOU
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Body Mass Index;
Coronary Disease;
Daejeon;
Humans;
Intention;
Musculoskeletal Diseases;
Neck;
Psychology;
Risk Factors;
Shoulder;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
1997;18(2):212-220
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The psychosocial factors to the musculoskeletal disease has been studied recently as well as environmental factors. Type A behavior pattern which is an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease may have relation to musculoskeletal disease, and the authors studied the relations for these variables. METHODS: The studied subjects were 511 housewives sampled without intention at Taejon city and we excluded 76 persons who had experiences of trauma at neck, shoulder or back region during recent one year on the data analysis. The musculoskeletal symptoms and type A behavior pattern were quantified as the score and the Spearmans correlation coefficient was used to reveal the statistical significance for the relations. RESULTS: Type A behavior pattern had the relation to the symptoms of neck, sboulder, and back region. For the sociodemographic variables, the relations were significant for the group of younger age, lower socioeconomic level, and the group having full time job, lower body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: We concluded that type A behavior pattern was the possible risk factor for musculoskeletal disease, but more studies will be necessary to confirm the influence of behavior pattern to musculoskeletal disease.
