The interactions between pain, pain-related fear of movement and productivity

Sell, Lea; Lund, Henrik Lambrecht; Holtermann, Andreas; Søgaard, Karen

doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu056

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“…In addition to showing an association between pain intensity and work limitations, this study also showed that high physical work demands aggravate the association of LBP-intensity with work limitations due to pain. This is in accordance with previous studies reporting lower work ability among workers with MSD and high physical work demands [51][52][53][54], while high physical work Table 2 Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for physical work demands and work limitations due to pain stratified by low-back pain intensity among senior workers. The reference group is "Mostly seated work that is not physically demanding" demands also seem to increase sickness absence among workers with MSD [28,[55][56][57][58][59][60][61].…”

Section: Heavy Physical Work and Work Limitiations Due To Lowback Painsupporting

confidence: 91%

Is low-back pain a limiting factor for senior workers with high physical work demands? A cross-sectional study

Nygaard

Skovlund

Andersen

2020

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background Low-back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent among senior workers and may affect work ability, especially among those with hard physical work. This study determined the joint association of LBP intensity and physical work demands with work limitiations due to pain in senior workers. Methods In the SeniorWorkingLife study (2018), 11,738 senior workers (≥50 years) replied to questions about physical work demands, LBP intensity, and work limitations due to pain. Using logistic regression analyses and controlling for potential confounders, associations between the physical work demands and LBP intensity (interaction) with work limitiations due to pain (outcome) was modeled. Results Higher LBP intensity, as well as higher physical work demands, significantly increased the odds of experiencing work limitiations due to pain, and these two factors interacted with each other (p < 0.0001). In analyses stratified for LBP intensity, higher physical work demands gradually increased the odds of experiencing work limitiations due to pain. Conclusions Senior workers with a combination of physically demanding work and LBP are more affected by their pain during everyday work tasks compared to workers with similar LBP-intensity in sedentary occupations. Accommodation of work demands seems especially relevant for this group of workers.

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Section: Heavy Physical Work and Work Limitiations Due To Lowback Painsupporting

confidence: 91%

Is low-back pain a limiting factor for senior workers with high physical work demands? A cross-sectional study

Nygaard

Skovlund

Andersen

2020

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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“…The authors suggest that the WAI level ≤ 37 is a clear predictor of the employee's rehabilitation needs. Interesting conclusions have also been provided by a study conducted on Danish production workers, where the correlation between the WAI level and functional pain in the musculoskeletal system was investigated [17]. It was observed that experiencing pain reduces productivity, but it does so to a greater extent in the group of people with a good WAI, rather than in the case of people with moderate work ability.…”

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Work Ability Index (WAI) values in a sample of the working population in Poland

Juszczyk¹,

Czerw²,

Religioni³

et al. 2019

Ann Agric Environ Med.

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Introduction. Ability to work is most often defined as a relationship between a person's resources and requirements specific to a particular type of work. It is the result of interaction between job requirements in terms of physical and mental strain, capabilities and skills of the employee, as well as his/her health condition and own evaluation of functioning in a given organizational and social situation. Objective. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the current value of the Work Ability Index (WAI) in a sample of employees in Poland. Materials and method. The study sample was selected purposefully from 422,000 employees covered by the largest occupational health provider in Poland. The standard WAI questionnaire provided by CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) methodology was voluntary and completed anonymously by 688 employees within 12 months (0.16% response rate). The results were statistically analyzed using the Pearson's chi-squared test and correlation coefficient, independentsample T test and one-way analysis of variance (p < 0.05). Results. It was found that the average value of WAI was 37.5 ± 7.7, and 37% of the participants represented low to moderate ability to work. The results showed no significant correlation between the WAI value and its 7 compounds and demographic variables. Nonetheless, a dependency between WAI level and industrial branch was observed. Conclusions. Subjects with moderate and low WAI (1/3 of the study population) had particular indications to implement prophylactic actions, especially for the health care employees and civil servants, whose ability to work may be subject to accelerated deterioration.

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“…Despite the obvious improvement in dizziness and the direct concomitant effects on physical and mental well-being, the WAI may not have shown significant changes because it relates to workers with work restrictions. In a literature review article 14 , the authors reported that health is undoubtedly the factor that most interferes with the ability to work and that cardiorespiratory fitness and musculoskeletal functioning are the aspects that have the greatest impact on functional capacity because they are directly related to the performance of work demands 14,26,27 .…”

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Effects of a vestibular rehabilitation program on workers in the working environment: a pilot study

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Objective: to verify the effect of a vestibular rehabilitation program on workers with dizziness from the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics at a University Hospital. Methods: a total of 13 employees between 42 and 65 years of age participated, of whom, 1 was male, and 12, females. They were evaluated before and after the vestibular rehabilitation program using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory, Work Ability Index and Visual Analog Scale. The program was conducted in groups at the workplace. Statistical analysis was performed using the analysis of variance test for paired factors and the chi-square test. Results: in the pre-and post-vestibular rehabilitation comparison, significant differences were found in the Dizziness Handicap Inventory and Visual Analogue Scale scores. In the qualitative analysis of the Work Ability Index, an increase was observed in the number of workers who considered their ability to work to have improved. Conclusion: vestibular rehabilitation conducted in groups and in the working environment was effective in improving dizziness complaint in workers at the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics. It is believed that the positive experience of this program may be extended to other areas.

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The interactions between pain, pain-related fear of movement and productivity

Abstract: Despite the fact that musculoskeletal pain increases the risk of reduced work ability significantly, musculoskeletal pain and pain-related fear of movement were associated with low productivity only among employees with good work ability.

Cited by 11 publications

References 23 publications

Is low-back pain a limiting factor for senior workers with high physical work demands? A cross-sectional study

Is low-back pain a limiting factor for senior workers with high physical work demands? A cross-sectional study

Work Ability Index (WAI) values in a sample of the working population in Poland

Effects of a vestibular rehabilitation program on workers in the working environment: a pilot study

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