505
Views
14
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Papers

Return or no return – psychosocial factors related to sick leave in persons with musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective cohort study

, , , &
Pages 661-666 | Accepted 01 Jul 2010, Published online: 07 Aug 2010

References

  • Hansson T, Jensen I. Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU). Chapter 6. Sickness absence due to back and neck disorders. Scand J Public Health suppl 2004;23:109–151.
  • Johansson G, Lundberg O, Lundberg I. Return to work and adjustment latitude among employees on long-term sickness absence. J Occup Rehabil 2006;16:185–195.
  • Kerr MS, Frank JW, Shannon HS, Norman RWK, Wells RP, Neumann WP. Bombardier C and the Ontario Universities Back Pain Study Group. Biomechanical and psychosocial risk factors for low back pain at work. Am J Public Health 2001;91:1069–1075.
  • Lotters F, Burdorf A. Prognostic factors for duration of sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders. Clin J Pain 2006;22:212–221.
  • Yip Y. A study of work stress, patient handling activities and the risk of low back pain among nurses in Hong Kong. J Adv Nurs 2001;36:794–804.
  • Grahn B, Ekdahl C, Borgquist L. Motivation as a predictor of changes in quality of life and working ability in multidisciplinary rehabilitation. A two-year follow-up of a prospective controlled study in patients with prolonged musculoskeletal disorders. Disabil Rehabil 2000;22:639–654.
  • Lydell M, Baigi A, Marklund B, Månsson J. Predictive factors for work capacity in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. J Rehabil Med 2005;37:281–285.
  • Lydell M, Grahn B, Månsson J, Baigi A, Marklund B. Predictive factors of sustained return to work for persons with musculoskeletal disorders who participated in rehabilitation, 2009;33:317–328.
  • Brülde B. Theories of quality of life (In Swedish) (Teorier om livskvalitet). Lund. Studentlitteratur, 2003.
  • Grahn B, Ekdahl C, Borgquist L. Decreased quality of life and increased work environment problems in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. Musculoskeletal Manage 1996;2:15–24.
  • Arvidsson S, Arvidsson B, Fridlund B, Bergman S. Health predicting factors in a general population over an eight-year period in subjects with and without chronic musculoskeletal pain. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2008;6:98.
  • Karasek R.A. Job demands, job decision latitude, and mental strain: implications for job redesign. Adm Sci Q 1979;24:285–307.
  • Bildt C, Backstig L, Hjelm IL. Work and health in Gnosjö: a longitudinal study. Work 2006;27:29–43.
  • Hansen A, Edlund C, Henningsson M. Factors relevant to a return to work: a multivariate approach. Work 2006;26:179–190.
  • Lidwall U, Marklund S. What is healthy work for women and men? – a case–control study of gender- and sector-specific effects of psychosocial working conditions on long-term sickness absence. Work 2006;27:153–163.
  • Siegrist J, Wahrendorf M, von dem Knesebeck O, Jürges H, Börsch-Supan A. Quality of work, well-being, and intended early retirement of older employees-baseline results from the SHARE Study. Eur J Publ Health 2007;17:62–68.
  • Antonovsky A. Health stress and coping. Jossey-Bass Publishers; San Francisco. 1979.
  • Antonovsky A. The structure and properties of the sense of coherence scale. Soc Sci Med 1993;36:725–733.
  • Nilsson B, Holmgren L, Stegmayr B, Westman G. Sense of coherence – stability over time and relation to health, disease and psychosocial changes in a general population: a longitudinal study. Scand J Publ Health 2003;31:297–304.
  • Kaiser PO, Mattsson B, Marklund S, Wimo A. The impact of psychosocial ‘markers’ on the outcome of rehabilitation. Disabil Rehabil 2001;23:430–435.
  • Lysaght RM, Larmour-Trode S. An exploration of social support as a factor in the return-to-work process. Work 2008;30:255–266.
  • Holmes T, Rahe R. The social Readjustment rating scale. J Psychosom Med 1967;11:213–218.
  • van den Akker M, Buntnix F, Mutsemakers JF, van der Aa M, Knottnerus JA. Psychosocial patient characteristics and GP-registered chronic morbidity: a prospective study. J Psychosom Res 2001;50:95–102.
  • Lampe A, Doering S, Rumpold G, Sölder E, Krismer M, Kantner-Rumplmair W, Schubert C, Söllner W. Chronic pain syndromes and their relation to childhood abuse and stressful life events. J Psychosom Res 2003;54:361–367.
  • Antonovsky A. The mystery of health (In Swedish) (Hälsans mysterium). Finland: Natur och kultur; 1998.
  • Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Elevainio M, Lillrank B, Kevin MV. Death or illness of a family member, violence, interpersonal conflict, and financial difficulties as predictors of sickness absence: longitudinal cohort study on psychological and behavioral links. Psychosom Med 2002;64:817–825.
  • Insinga RP, Fryback DG. Understanding differences between self-ratings and population ratings for health in the EuroQOL. Qual Life Res 2003;12:611–619.
  • Unden AL, Orth-Gomer K. Development of a social support instrument for use in population surveys. Soc Sci Med 1989;29:1387–1392.
  • De Smet P, Sans S, Dramaix M, Boulenguez C, Da Backer G, Ferrario M, Cesana G, Houtman I, Isacsson SO, Kittel F, Östergren PO, Peres I, Pelfrene E, Romon M, Rosengren A, Wilhelmsen A, Kornitzer M. Gender and regional differences in percieved job stress across Europé. Eur J Publ Health 2005;15:536–545.
  • Thulesius HO, Grahn B. Reincentivizing – a new theory of work and work absence. BMC Health Service Res 2007;7:100.
  • Westman A, Linton S, Theorell T, Wahlén P, Leppert J. Quality of life and maintenance of improvements after early multimodal rehabilitation: a 5-year follow-up. Disabil Rehabil 2006;28:437–446.
  • Keely P, Creed F, Tomenson B, Todd C, Borglin G, Dickens C. Psychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life and health service utilisation in people with chronic low back pain. Pain 2008;135:142–150.
  • Schult ML, Söderback I, Jacobs K. Multidimensional aspects of work capability Work 2000;15:41–53.
  • The National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden. Electronic citation. http://www.socialstyrelsen.se. Last accessed 3 March 2007.
  • Bergh H, Baigi A, Fridlund B, Marklund B. Life events, social support and sense of coherence among frequent attenders in Primary Health Care. Publ Health 2006;120:229–236.
  • Haraldsson K, Fridlund B, Baigi A, Marklund B. The self-reported health condition of women after their participation in a stress management programme: a pilot study. Health Soc Care Community 2005;13:224–230.
  • Malmgren-Olsson EB, Bränholm IB. A comparison between three physiotherapy approaches with regard to health-related factors in patients with non-specific musculoskeletal disorders. Disabil Rehabil 2002;15:308–317.
  • Nilsson B, Holmgren L, Westman G. Sense of coherence in different stages of health and disease in northern Sweden -gender and psychosocial differences. Scand J Prim Health Care 2000;18:14–20.
  • Kristenson M, Kucinskiene Z, Bergdahl B, Calkauskas H, Urmonas V, Orth-Gomer K. Increased psychosocial strain in Lithuanian versus Swedish men: the LiVicordia study. Psychosom Med 1998;60:277–282.
  • Leroux I, Brisson C, Montreuil S. Job strain and neck-shoulder symptoms: a prevalence study of women and men white-collar workers. Occup Med 2006;56:102–109.
  • Skillgate E, Vingård E, Josephson M, Theorell T, Alfredsson L. Life events and the risk of low back pain and neck/shoulder pain of the kind people are seeking care for: results From the MUSIC-Norrtälje case–control study. Epidemiol Community Health 2007;61:356–361.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.