Seeking care for neck/shoulder pain: a prospective study of work-related risk factors in a healthy population |
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Authors: | Grooten Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas Wiktorin Christina Norrman Linda Josephson Malin Tornqvist Ewa Wigaeus Alfredsson Lars;MUSIC-Norrtälje Study Group |
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Institution: | Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Wim.Grooten@smd.sll.se |
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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-Norrt?lje 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. |
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