Seeking Care for Neck/Shoulder Pain: A Prospective Study of Work-Related Risk Factors in a Healthy Population
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 46 (2), 138-146
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jom.0000112181.06324.42
Abstract
This study estimated the 5-year cumulative incidence of neck/shoulder pain and identified work-related risk factors leading subjects to seek care for this problem. Four to six years after the case-referent MUSIC-Norrtälje Study, a postal questionnaire was sent to the referents of this study, and 81% responded. At baseline, 516 men and 697 women were assessed as to their work-related exposures. The 4- to 6-year cumulative incidence for seeking care for neck/shoulder pain was 29% for women and 18% for men. For men, moderately increased risks were found for manual handling, night work/shift work, hindrances at work, and solitary work. For men, the risk increased with an increasing number of risk indicators. No work-related risk factors were found for women, highlighting the difficulty of identifying risk factors in a general population.Keywords
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