Presenteeism and absenteeism before and after single-level lumbar spine surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background context

Health can impact work performance through absenteeism, time spent away from work, and presenteeism, inhibited at-work performance. Low back pain is common and costly, both in terms of direct medical expenditures and indirect reduced work performance.

Purpose

Surgery for lumbar spinal pathology is an important part of treatment for patients who do not respond to nonsurgical management. While the indirect costs of return to work and absenteeism among employed patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery have been studied, little work has been done to quantify presenteeism before and after lumbar spine surgery.

Study design/setting

Prospective cohort study at a single high-volume urban musculoskeletal specialty hospital.

Patient sample

Patients und

SUBMITTER: Fontana MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035193 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature