Sick leave due to musculoskeletal pain: determinants of distinct trajectories over 1 year.

David Michael HallmanAndreas HoltermannMartin BjörklundNidhi GuptaCharlotte D Nørregaard Rasmussen

Published in: International archives of occupational and environmental health (2019)

We identified four distinct trajectories of sick leave due to musculoskeletal pain. The sub-group with increasing sick leave due to pain was associated with several modifiable physical and psychosocial factors at work and outside work, which may have implications for prevention.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
mental health
depressive symptoms
physical activity
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
postoperative pain