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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
The cupid (cultural and psychosocial influences on disability) study: Methods of data collection and characteristics of study sample
PLoS ONE, Volume 7, No. 7, Article e39820, Year 2012
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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 five-fold 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. © 2012 Coggon et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Coggon, David N.
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Ntani, Georgia
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Palmer, Keith T.
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Felli, Vanda Elisa Andres
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Harari, Raúl E.
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Barrero, Lope H.
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Felknor, Sarah A.
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Gimeno Ruiz De Porras, David
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Cattrell, Anna
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Serra, C.
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Bonzini, Matteo
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Solidaki, Eleni
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Merisalu, Eda P.
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Habib, Rima R.
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Sadeghian, Farideh
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Kadir, Muhammad Masood
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Warnakulasuriya, Sudath S.P.
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Matsudaira, Ko
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Nyantumbu, Busisiwe
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Sim, Malcolm R.
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Harcombe, Helen
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Cox, Ken
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Marziale, Maria Helena Palucci
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Sarquis, Leila Maria Mansano
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Harari, Florencia
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Freire, Rocio
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Harari, Natalia
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Monroy Silva, Magda Viviana
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Quintana, Leonardo Augusto
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Rojas, Marianela Jose
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Salazar Vega, Eduardo J.
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Harris, Elizabeth Clare
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Vargas-Prada, Sergio
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Martínez, José Miguel
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Delclos, G. L.
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Benavides, Fernando G.
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Carugno, Michele
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Ferrario, Marco Mario
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Pesatori, Angela Cecilia
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Chatzi, Leda
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Bitsios, Panos
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Kogevinas, M.
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Oha, Kristel
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Sirk, Tuuli
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Sadeghian, Ali
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Peiris-John, Roshini J.
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Sathiakumar, Nalini
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Wickramasinghe, Ananda Rajitha
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Yoshimura, Noriko
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Kielkowski, Danuta
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Kelsall, Helen Louise
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Hoe, Victor Chee Wai
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Urquhart, Donna Michelle
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Derett, Sarah
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McBride, David Iain
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Gray, Andrew R.
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Statistics
Citations: 159
Authors: 56
Affiliations: 39
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0039820
e-ISSN:
19326203
Research Areas
Disability
Genetics And Genomics
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Grounded Theory