Pain in Multiple Sites and Clusters of Cause-Specific Work Disability Development among Midlife Municipal Employees.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates to what extent pain in multiple sites and common risk factors related to work environment, occupational class and health behaviours are associated with cause-specific work disability (WD) development clusters. The study population was derived from the Finnish Helsinki Health Study (n = 2878). Sequence analysis created clusters of similar subsequent cause-specific WD development in an eight-year follow-up period. Cross-tabulations and multinomial logistic regression were used to analyze the extent to which baseline factors, including pain in multiple sites, were associated with the subsequent WD clusters. A solution with five distinct WD clusters was chosen: absence of any WD (40%), low and temporary WD due to various causes (46%), WD due to mental disorders (3%), WD

SUBMITTER: Hiilamo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8037270 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature