Rodrigues Carlos Manoel Lopes
School of Health Sciences, Centro Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Postgraduate Program in Clinical Psychology and Culture, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Rev Bras Med Trab. 2025 Aug 25;23(1):e20251413. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2025-1413. eCollection 2025 Jan-Mar.
Musculoskeletal disorders are prevalent among university professors. With the expansion of private higher education and the increasing demands on academic staff, psychosocial risk factors may exacerbate these conditions beyond ergonomic challenges.
To investigate the relationship between psychosocial risk factors and musculoskeletal symptoms among university professors in the private sector.
This quantitative, cross-sectional, and correlational study involved 122 university professors. Data were collected using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and the Scale for Evaluating Psychosocial Stressors in the Workplace. Analyses included descriptive statistics, point-biserial correlations, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to assess latent relationships between psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal outcomes.
The structural model demonstrated an adequate fit to the data (χ = 58.590; p = 0.05124; comparative fit index = 0.98; Tucker-Lewis index = 0.97; standardized root mean square residual = 0.08; root mean square error of approximation = 0.06 [95%CI 0.02-0.06]), confirming a significant association between psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal symptoms. Psychosocial risk factors contributed to the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in the past 12 months (β = 0.40; p < 0.001), work impairments (β = 0.34; p = 0.001), recent symptoms (β = 0.32; p < 0.001), and health care-seeking behavior (β = 0.52; p < 0.001). The most influential factors were job insecurity, work-family conflict, and role overload.
Psychosocial factors in academic work significantly impact the manifestation of musculoskeletal symptoms and their functional consequences. Managing these factors is essential for preventing and mitigating their effects on faculty health.
肌肉骨骼疾病在大学教授中很普遍。随着私立高等教育的扩张以及对学术人员要求的增加，心理社会风险因素可能会使这些情况恶化，超出人体工程学挑战的范畴。
调查私立部门大学教授中心理社会风险因素与肌肉骨骼症状之间的关系。
这项定量、横断面和相关性研究涉及122名大学教授。使用北欧肌肉骨骼问卷和工作场所心理社会压力源评估量表收集数据。分析包括描述性统计、点二列相关分析和结构方程模型（SEM），以评估心理社会因素与肌肉骨骼结果之间的潜在关系。
结构模型显示与数据拟合良好（χ = 58.590；p = 0.05124；比较拟合指数 = 0.98；塔克 - 刘易斯指数 = 0.97；标准化根均方残差 = 0.08；近似根均方误差 = 0.06 [95%CI 0.02 - 0.06]），证实心理社会因素与肌肉骨骼症状之间存在显著关联。心理社会风险因素导致了过去12个月中肌肉骨骼症状的发生（β = 0.40；p < 0.001）、工作障碍（β = 0.34；p = 0.001）、近期症状（β = 0.32；p < 0.001）以及寻求医疗行为（β = 0.52；p < 0.001）。最具影响力的因素是工作不安全感、工作 - 家庭冲突和角色过载。
学术工作中的心理社会因素对肌肉骨骼症状的表现及其功能后果有显著影响。管理这些因素对于预防和减轻其对教师健康的影响至关重要。
