Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Burnout affects approximately half of all nurses, physicians, and other clinicians. Alcohol use may impair performance in work-related tasks, leading to decreased productivity and morale. The present study’s aim was to determine whether a causal relation...
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: Burnout affects approximately half of all nurses, physicians, and other clinicians. Alcohol use may impair performance in work-related tasks, leading to decreased productivity and morale. The present study’s aim was to determine whether a causal relationship existed between alcohol use, work-related burnout (WB), and musculoskeletal pain. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A total of 1633 members from a hospital affiliated with a medical university in Taichung, Taiwan, completed questionnaires in 2021, where 1615 questionnaires were declared valid. Questionnaires were used to obtain information on basic demographic variables, and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory were used. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 software, and significance was set at <i>p</i> < 0.05. <i>Results</i>: Work experience, being married, parenthood, leisure activities with family and friends, and regular weekly exercise were negatively associated with WB. In addition, overtime work, irregular and regular shift work, the physician and nurse medical profession, chronic disease (heart disease, diabetes, etc.), neck and both shoulders pain (NBSP), both ankles pain (BAP), and alcohol use frequency (AUF) were positively associated with WB. NBSP could explain the residual effect of AUF on WB. AUF was determined to mediate the relationship between NBSP and WB. In addition, NBSP was found to mediate the relationship between AUF and WB. <i>Conclusions</i>: The individuals who used alcohol to cope with NBSP or those with NBSP who often consumed alcohol had worsened WB due to a vicious circle of musculoskeletal pain and alcohol use. Therefore, medical staff should not consider alcohol use as an option to reduce burnout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8e645e1473845e6b17867a4937bc62f2023-12-03T14:04:32ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442022-07-01588102210.3390/medicina58081022Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related BurnoutYong-Hsin Chen0Chih-Jung Yeh1Lung-Fa Pan2Gwo-Ping Jong3Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, TaiwanDepartment of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, TaiwanDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Takun, Taichung 406, TaiwanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Burnout affects approximately half of all nurses, physicians, and other clinicians. Alcohol use may impair performance in work-related tasks, leading to decreased productivity and morale. The present study’s aim was to determine whether a causal relationship existed between alcohol use, work-related burnout (WB), and musculoskeletal pain. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A total of 1633 members from a hospital affiliated with a medical university in Taichung, Taiwan, completed questionnaires in 2021, where 1615 questionnaires were declared valid. Questionnaires were used to obtain information on basic demographic variables, and the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory were used. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1 software, and significance was set at <i>p</i> < 0.05. <i>Results</i>: Work experience, being married, parenthood, leisure activities with family and friends, and regular weekly exercise were negatively associated with WB. In addition, overtime work, irregular and regular shift work, the physician and nurse medical profession, chronic disease (heart disease, diabetes, etc.), neck and both shoulders pain (NBSP), both ankles pain (BAP), and alcohol use frequency (AUF) were positively associated with WB. NBSP could explain the residual effect of AUF on WB. AUF was determined to mediate the relationship between NBSP and WB. In addition, NBSP was found to mediate the relationship between AUF and WB. <i>Conclusions</i>: The individuals who used alcohol to cope with NBSP or those with NBSP who often consumed alcohol had worsened WB due to a vicious circle of musculoskeletal pain and alcohol use. Therefore, medical staff should not consider alcohol use as an option to reduce burnout.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/8/1022alcohol usemusculoskeletal painwork-related stressburnout |
| spellingShingle | Yong-Hsin Chen Chih-Jung Yeh Lung-Fa Pan Gwo-Ping Jong Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout Medicina alcohol use musculoskeletal pain work-related stress burnout |
| title | Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout |
| title_full | Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout |
| title_fullStr | Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout |
| title_short | Relationships between Alcohol Use, Musculoskeletal Pain, and Work-Related Burnout |
| title_sort | relationships between alcohol use musculoskeletal pain and work related burnout |
| topic | alcohol use musculoskeletal pain work-related stress burnout |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/58/8/1022 |
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