Pain management in eldercare employees - the role of managers in addressing musculoskeletal pain and pain-related sickness absence.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Managers' knowledge and behaviors in addressing musculoskeletal pain and sickness absence is not well understood. We investigated the association between managers' knowledge and behaviours in relation to employees' pain and their future risk of musculoskeletal pain and associated sickness absence.

Methods

The prospective study included 535 eldercare employees, and 42 managers from 20 nursing homes. Managers' self-reported knowledge and behaviors in relation to employees' pain were grouped using Principal Components Analysis. Eldercare employees reported pain-related sickness absence, and number of days with musculoskeletal pain repeatedly over 1 year. We investigated associations using mixed-effects regression models.

Results

We identified four types of manage

SUBMITTER: Rasmussen CDN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature