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Illness absence as a consequence of completely different musculoskeletal diagnoses by occupational class: a register-based research amongst 1.2 million Finnish workers.
Occup Environ Med. 2018 Jan 30;:
Authors: Pekkala J, Rahkonen O, Pietiläinen O, Lahelma E, Blomgren J
Summary
OBJECTIVES: These in decrease occupational courses have an elevated danger of illness absence as a consequence of musculoskeletal illnesses (MSDs), however research inspecting the associations concurrently throughout specified diagnostic teams inside MSDs are missing. We examined occupational class variations within the prevalence and size of long-term illness absence as a consequence of completely different musculoskeletal diagnoses.
METHODS: A 70% random pattern of employed Finns aged 25-64 years outdated on the finish of 2013 was linked to knowledge on illness absence of over 10 working days obtained from The Social Insurance coverage Establishment of Finland and occupational class from Statistics Finland. Illness absences as a consequence of MSDs initiated in 2014 have been adopted till the tip of every episode for feminine (n=675?636) and male (n=604?715) higher non-manuals, decrease non-manuals and handbook employees. Damaging binomial hurdle fashions have been used to analyse the associations.
RESULTS: Throughout the studied MSDs, the commonest causes of absence have been again problems, significantly again ache, and shoulder problems. Osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis induced the longest episodes of absence. Clear hierarchical class variations have been discovered all through, however the magnitude of the variations diversified throughout the diagnostic causes. The biggest class variations within the prevalence have been detected in shoulder problems and again ache. The category variations in size have been biggest in rheumatoid arthritis, disc problems and, amongst males, additionally in hip osteoarthritis.
CONCLUSIONS: Hierarchical occupational class variations have been discovered throughout completely different MSDs, with giant variations in again and shoulder problems. Occupational class and analysis ought to be thought of when making an attempt to cut back illness absence as a consequence of MSDs.
PMID: 29382694 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]