Working Conditions in Complementary and Integrative Healthcare Professions.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003251

Margaret D Whitley, Jocelyn Faydenko, Dana Madigan, John S Finnell

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Abstract

Objective: The study aimed to describe working conditions among complementary and integrative healthcare (CIH) providers, specifically acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, midwives, and naturopathic doctors.

Methods: We used cross-sectional Occupational Information Network data (2013-2021) for five CIH occupations. We examined means and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for 10 variables that represented positive conditions, ergonomic demands, psychosocial demands, and schedule demands. We compared CIH to conventional healthcare and non-healthcare occupations.

Results: CIH occupations had relatively high degrees of positive conditions, moderate degrees of psychosocial demands, and moderate hours/scheduling. Massage therapists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists reported more ergonomic hazards (eg, 1-5 scale where 5 is the highest, mean bending/twisting frequency for chiropractors is 3.43 [95% CI, 3.80-4.05] compared to 2.17 for midwives [95% CI, 1.97-2.36] and 1.96 for managers [95% CI, 1.42-2.51]).

Conclusions: CIH occupations generally had healthy working conditions, although ergonomic hazards were prominent.

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补充和综合医疗保健专业的工作条件。

目的：本研究旨在描述补充和综合医疗（CIH）提供者的工作条件，特别是针灸师、脊椎指压师、按摩治疗师、助产士和自然疗法医生。方法：我们使用横截面职业信息网络数据（2013-2021年）对五个CIH职业进行分析。我们检查了10个变量的均值和95%置信区间（ci），这些变量代表了积极的条件、人体工程学需求、社会心理需求和时间表需求。我们将CIH与传统医疗保健和非医疗保健职业进行了比较。结果：CIH职业具有较高程度的积极状态、中等程度的社会心理需求和中等程度的工作时间安排。按摩治疗师、脊医和针灸师报告了更多的人体工程学危害（例如，在1-5评分中，5为最高，脊医的平均弯曲/扭转频率为3.43 [95% CI, 3.80-4.05]，而助产士的平均弯曲/扭转频率为2.17 [95% CI, 1.97-2.36]，管理人员的平均弯曲/扭转频率为1.96 [95% CI, 1.42-2.51]）。结论：CIH职业总体上具有健康的工作条件，尽管人体工程学危害突出。

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