Shared liability to pain, common mental disorders, and long-term work disability differs among women and men.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge of factors involved in the associations between pain, common mental disorders, and future work incapacity is still scarce. The aim of this study was to examine the overlap between genetic and environmental factors contributing to depression/anxiety, pain, and future long-term sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) among women and men. The study sample included 47,995 twins born in Sweden 1935 to 1985. Information on self-reported depression/anxiety and back, neck, and shoulder pain was obtained from surveys conducted 1998 to 2002 and 2004 to 2005. Data on long-term SA (>365 days) and DP due to mental and/or musculoskeletal disorders until 2013 were obtained from the National Social Insurance Agency. Shared genetic and environmental influences on depression/anxiety, pai

SUBMITTER: Narusyte J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7170444 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature