Occupational recovery of Dutch workers with low back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low back pain (LBP) is a world leading cause of disability and has substantial impact on individuals and society as a whole. The largest part of the societal burden of LBP is caused by indirect costs, including sick leave.

Aims

We aimed to describe occupational recovery and associated costs for workers consulting an occupational physician (OP) with LBP, and to determine to what extent this differs by diagnoses: non-specific favourable LBP, non-specific unfavourable LBP, lumbosacral radicular syndrome (LRS) and specific LBP.

Methods

We analysed longitudinal dynamic cohort data from an occupational health service, representing ~1.2 million workers from various companies and sectors throughout the Netherlands. The OP registered data on sick leave and LBP diagn

SUBMITTER: Brus I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578671 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature