Risk assessment for prolonged sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders: protocol for a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of sickness absence and disability pension in Norway. There is strong evidence that long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders are associated with a reduced probability of return to work (RTW). A way to meet the economic and resource-demanding challenges related to individual follow-up of this group is to identify and treat those individuals with a high risk of prolonged sickness. The overall purposes of this project are 1) to determine the most accurate screening tool to identify people at a high risk of prolonged sickness absence due to an musculoskeletal disorder, and 2) to investigate severity of musculoskeletal health, health-related quality-of-life, health care utilization, and costs across different

SUBMITTER: Tveter AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7249352 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature