The Role of Organizational Factors in Development and Progression of Wrist Disorders: Psychosocial Aspects

摘要

Psychosocial risk factors are closely associated with organizational structure. Although psychosocial factors do not act directly like physical risk factors, still they exert a significant proportion in progression of the wrist disorders. The aim of this study is to identify the optimization points for psychosocial risk factors of CTS and other wrist disorders in present context. A survey was done among a cluster of subjects suffering clinically diagnosed wrist disorder in a group of workplaces. With the responses principal component analysis was done. The PCA extracted 4 psychosocial or organizational factors. The Stress factor contains 5 components. The job satisfaction factor consists of 4 components. The work environment factor also affects the total risk of wrist disorders. This factor is consisted of two components. The fourth important factor is reward factor in a workplace. These extracted factors can be used to reduce the risk of wrist disorders from organizational and work design perspective.