The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) Study: Methods of Data Collection and Characteristics of Study Sample


Autoria(s): Coggon, David; Ntani, Georgia; Palmer, Keith T.; Felli, Vanda E.; Harari, Raul; Barrero, Lope H.; Felknor, Sarah A.; Gimeno, David; Cattrell, Anna; Serra, Consol; Bonzini, Matteo; Solidaki, Eleni; Merisalu, Eda; Habib, Rima R.; Sadeghian, Farideh; Kadir, Masood; Warnakulasuriya, Sudath S. P.; Matsudaira, Ko; Nyantumbu, Busisiwe; Sim, Malcolm R.; Harcombe, Helen; Cox, Ken; Marziale, Maria H.; Sarquis, Leila M.; Harari, Florencia; Freire, Rocio; Harari, Natalia; Monroy, Magda V.; Quintana, Leonardo A.; Rojas, Marianela; Vega, Eduardo J. Salazar; Harris, E. Clare; Vargas-Prada, Sergio; Martinez, J. Miguel; Delclos, George; Benavides, Fernando G.; Carugno, Michele; Ferrario, Marco M.; Pesatori, Angela C.; Chatzi, Leda; Bitsios, Panos; Kogevinas, Manolis; Oha, Kristel; Sirk, Tuuli; Sadeghian, Ali; Peiris-John, Roshini J.; Sathiakumar, Nalini; Wickremasinghe, A. Rajitha; Yoshimura, Noriko; Kielkowski, Danuta; Kelsall, Helen L.; Hoe, Victor C. W.; Urquhart, Donna M.; Derett, Sarah; McBride, David; Gray, Andrew
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

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06/11/2013

06/11/2013

2012

Resumo

Background: The CUPID (Cultural and Psychosocial Influences on Disability) study was established to explore the hypothesis that common musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and associated disability are importantly influenced by culturally determined health beliefs and expectations. This paper describes the methods of data collection and various characteristics of the study sample. Methods/Principal Findings: A standardised questionnaire covering musculoskeletal symptoms, disability and potential risk factors, was used to collect information from 47 samples of nurses, office workers, and other (mostly manual) workers in 18 countries from six continents. In addition, local investigators provided data on economic aspects of employment for each occupational group. Participation exceeded 80% in 33 of the 47 occupational groups, and after pre-specified exclusions, analysis was based on 12,426 subjects (92 to 1018 per occupational group). As expected, there was high usage of computer keyboards by office workers, while nurses had the highest prevalence of heavy manual lifting in all but one country. There was substantial heterogeneity between occupational groups in economic and psychosocial aspects of work; three-to fivefold variation in awareness of someone outside work with musculoskeletal pain; and more than ten-fold variation in the prevalence of adverse health beliefs about back and arm pain, and in awareness of terms such as "repetitive strain injury" (RSI). Conclusions/Significance: The large differences in psychosocial risk factors (including knowledge and beliefs about MSDs) between occupational groups should allow the study hypothesis to be addressed effectively.

UK Medical Research Council

Colombia: United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) [5D43 TW00 0644-13, 0005919H]

NIH [5D43 TW00 0644-15, 0005919J]

National Institutes of Health and the Fogarty International Center (NIH-FIC) [5 D43 TWO5750]

NHMRC by the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia

VCWH by the Ministry of Higher Education in Malaysia

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PLOS ONE, SAN FRANCISCO, v. 7, n. 7, pp. 588-598, 38899, 2012

1932-6203

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/42031

10.1371/journal.pone.0039820

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039820

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eng

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

SAN FRANCISCO

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PLOS ONE

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openAccess

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Palavras-Chave #LOW-BACK-PAIN #NEW-ZEALAND NURSES #MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN #RISK-FACTORS #NECK PAIN #WORK-RELATEDNESS #POSTAL WORKERS #OFFICE WORKERS #POPULATION #PREVALENCE #MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
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article

original article

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