Musculoskeletal pain affects the age of retirement and the risk of work cessation among older people.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many people with chronic pain cannot work, while working despite chronic pain is linked to absenteeism and presenteeism and a host of other deleterious effects. This disproportionately affects older adults, who are closer to retirement, while the exact relationship between pain and work cessation as well as retirement among older adults is not known. We explore longitudinally the relationship between chronic pain and the risk of ceasing work and entering retirement.

Methods

Data from 1156 individuals 50 years or older living in England taking part in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing were used in this study. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to examine the nature of the relationship between musculoskeletal pain and work cessation as wel

SUBMITTER: Niederstrasser NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954148 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature