Four-year incidence of sick leave because of neck and shoulder pain and its association with work and lifestyle

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-418

  Alipour, Akbar ^a,b   Ghaffari, Mostafa ^b   Shariati, Batoul ^c   Jensen, Irene ^a   Vingard, Eva ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Incidence; Middle low income country; Neck shoulder sick leave; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; INCIDENCE; IRAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64749102938     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181948185     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Borg K, Hensing G, Alexanderson K. Predictive factors for disability pension: an 11-year follow-up ofyoung persons onsick leave dueto neck, shoulder, or back diagnoses. Scand J Public Health 2001;29:104-12.
2. Nachemson A, Jonsson E, eds, Neck and Back Pain, The Scientific Evidence of Causes, Diagnoses, and Treatment. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2000.
3. Andersen JH, Kaergaard A, Mikkelsen S, et al. Risk factors in the onset of neck/shoulder pain in a prospective study of workers in industrial and service companies. Occup Environ Med 2003;60:649-54.
4. Brattberg G, Thorlund M, Wikman A. The prevalence of pain in a general population: the results of a postal survey in a county of Sweden. Pain 1989; 37:215-22.
5. Bovim G, Scharder H, Sand T. Neck pain in the general population. Spine 1994;19:1307-9.
6. Westerling D, Honsson BG. Pain from the neck-shoulder region and sick leave. Scand J Soc Med 1980;8:131-6.
7. Vingard E, Nachemson ALF. Neck and back pain, the scientific evidence of causes, diagnosis, and treatment.2000;79 -90.
8. Ariens GA, Bongers PM, Hoogendoorn WE, et al. High quantitative job demands and low coworker support as risk factors for neck pain: results of a prospective cohort study. Spine 2001;26:1896-901.
9. Feveile H, Jensen C, Burr H. Risk factors for neck-shoulder and wrist-hand symptoms in a 5-year follow-up study on 3,990 employees in Denmark. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2002;75:243-51.
10. Kuorinka I, Jonsson B, Kilbom A, et al. Standardized Nordic questionnaires for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms. Appl Ergon 1987;18:233-7.
11. Andersson K, Karlehagen S, Jonsson B. The importance of variations in questionnaire administration. Appl Ergon 1987;18:229-32.
12. Choobineh AR, Lahmi MA, Shahnavaz H, et al. Musculoskeletal symptoms as related to ergonomic factors in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry and general guidelines for workstation design. Int J Occup Safety Ergon 2004; 10:157-68.
13. Alipour A, Ghaffari M, Shariati B, et al. Occupational neck and shoulder pain among automobile manufacturing workers in Iran. Am J Ind Med 2008;51:372-9.
14. Hansson T, Jensen I. Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU). Sickness absence due to back and neck disorders. Scand J Public Health Suppl 2004;63:109-151 [chap 6].
15. Sauter SL, Swanson NG. Anecological modelof musculoskeletal disorders in office work. In: Moon SD, Sauter SL, eds. Beyond Biomechanics. Psychoso-cial Aspects of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Office Work. Salisbury, Wiltshire: Taylor and Francis; 1996:3-22.
16. Alexanderson K. Measuring health. In: Kilbom A, Messing K, Bildt Thorbjornsson C, eds. Women's Health at Work. Solna, Sweden: National Institute for Working Life and Authors;1998:121-164.
17. Frank JW, Pulcins IR, Kerr MS, et al. Occupational back pain an unhelpful polemic. Scand J Work Environ Health 1995;21:3-14.
18. Hillman M, Wright A, Rajaratnam G, et al. Prevalence of low back pain in the community: implications for service provision in Bradford, UK. J Epidemiol Community Health 1996;50:347-352.
19. Aronsson G, Gustafsson K, Dallner M. Sick but yet at work: an empirical study of sickness presenteeism. J Epidemiol Community Health 2000;54:7: 502-509.
20. Dew K, Keefe V, Small K, Choosing to work when sick: workplace presen-teeism. Soc Sci Med 2005;60:2273-2282.
21. Johansson G, Lundberg I. Adjustment latitude and attendance requirements as determinants of sickness absence or attendance. Empirical tests of the illness flexibility model. Soc Sci Med 2004;58:1857-68.
22. Vingård E, Mortimer M, Wiktorin C, et al. Seeking care for low back pain in the general population. Spine 2002;27:2159-65.
23. Picavet HS, Schouten JS. Musculoskeletal pain in the Netherlands: prevalences, consequences and risk groups, the DMC3-study. Pain 20003;102: 167-78.
24. Crout LA, Chang E, Cioffi J. Why do registered nurses work when ill? J Nurs Adm 2005;35:23-8.
25. McKevitt C, Morgan M, Dundas R, et al. Sickness absence and 'working through 'illness: Comparison of two professional groups. J Public Health Med 1997;19:295-300.
26. Perkin MR, Higton A, Witcomb M. Do junior doctors take sick leave? Occup Environ Med 2003;60:699-700.
27. Hansson M, Bostrom C, Harms-Ringdahl K. Sickness absence and sickness attendance-what people with neck or back pain think. Soc Sci Med 2006; 62:2183-95.
28. Ghaffari M, Alipour A, Farshad AA, et al. Incidence and recurrence of disabling low back pain and neck-shoulder pain. Spine 2006;31:2500-6.
29. Ekberg K, Bjö rkqvist B, Malm P, et al. Case-control study of risk factors for disease in the neck and shoulder area. Occup Environ Med 1994;51:262-6.
30. NordanderC,Ohlsson K, Balogh I, et al. Fish processing work: the impact of two sex dependent exposure profiles on musculoskeletal health. Occup Environ Med 1999;56:256-64.
31. Cassou B, Derriennic F, Monfort C, et al. Chronic neck and shoulder pain, age and working conditions: longitudinal results from a large random sample in France. Occup Environ Med 2002;59:537-44.
32. National Social Insurance Board. Vad kostar sjukdomarna för kvinnor och män? RFV redovisar 2004:5 [in Swedish]. National Social Insurance Board, Stockholm.
33. Nyman T, Andreas Grooten WJ, Wiktorin C, et al. Sickness absence and concurrent low back and neck-shoulder pain: results from the MUSIC-Norrtälje study. Eur Spine J 2007;16:639-40.
34. Ijzelenberg WI, Molenaar D, Burdorf A. Different risk factors for musculo-skeletal complaints and musculoskeletal sickness absence. Scand J Work Environ Health 2004;30:56-63.
35. Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H. The effect of comorbidity on care seeking for back problems in the United States. Ann Epidemiol 1999;9:262-70.
36. Bergstrom G, Bodin L, Bertilsson H, et al. Risk factors for new episodes of sick leave due to neck or back pain in a working population. A prospective study with an 18-month and a three-year follow-up. Occup Environ Med 2007;64:279-87.
37. Tubach F, Leclerc A, Landre MF, et al. Risk factors for sick leave due to low back pain: a prospective study. J Occup Environ Med 2002;44:451-8.
38. Hoogendoorn WE, van Poppel MN, Bonger PM, et al. Systematic review of psychosocial factors at work and private life as risk factors for back pain. Spine 2000;25:2114-25.