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Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil
BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries (MSDI) are conditions that affect the locomotor system characterized by pain and impairment of functionality. They are the leading cause of years lived with disability. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the return to wo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37770862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16789-z |
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author | Silva-Junior, João Silvestre Martinez, Maria Carmen Sekiya, Felipe Seiti de Miranda, Cristiano Barreto Fischer, Frida Marina |
author_facet | Silva-Junior, João Silvestre Martinez, Maria Carmen Sekiya, Felipe Seiti de Miranda, Cristiano Barreto Fischer, Frida Marina |
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description | BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries (MSDI) are conditions that affect the locomotor system characterized by pain and impairment of functionality. They are the leading cause of years lived with disability. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the return to work (RTW) among workers on sick leave due to MSDI. METHODS: A longitudinal study was conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, between 2020–2022. The participants were 216 workers who required social security compensation due to MSDI. They filled out online questionnaires about their sociodemographic characteristics, health risk behaviors, work characteristics and health conditions. They were followed for 365 days after their first day of sick leave. A Cox regression was performed to identify the factors that influenced their first RTW. RESULTS: Most participants were male (53.0%), mean age was 39.5 years (SD 10.6), 70.4% returned to work within the one-year follow-up period. The mean duration of sick leave was 192.6 days. Factors associated with a lower RTW were age 40 years and older (HR 0.54; 95%CI 0.39–0.76) and the interaction between perceptions of the need for improvement in the physical and psychological domains of quality of life (HR 0.67; 95%CI 0.48–0.94). CONCLUSIONS: Occupational healthcare professionals should pay greater attention to patients who are aging and those with perceived worse physical and psychological conditions, in order to facilitate the reintegration process and promote sustained RTW after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury. |
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spelling | pubmed-105404242023-09-30 Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil Silva-Junior, João Silvestre Martinez, Maria Carmen Sekiya, Felipe Seiti de Miranda, Cristiano Barreto Fischer, Frida Marina BMC Public Health Research BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders and injuries (MSDI) are conditions that affect the locomotor system characterized by pain and impairment of functionality. They are the leading cause of years lived with disability. The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the return to work (RTW) among workers on sick leave due to MSDI. METHODS: A longitudinal study was conducted in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, between 2020–2022. The participants were 216 workers who required social security compensation due to MSDI. They filled out online questionnaires about their sociodemographic characteristics, health risk behaviors, work characteristics and health conditions. They were followed for 365 days after their first day of sick leave. A Cox regression was performed to identify the factors that influenced their first RTW. RESULTS: Most participants were male (53.0%), mean age was 39.5 years (SD 10.6), 70.4% returned to work within the one-year follow-up period. The mean duration of sick leave was 192.6 days. Factors associated with a lower RTW were age 40 years and older (HR 0.54; 95%CI 0.39–0.76) and the interaction between perceptions of the need for improvement in the physical and psychological domains of quality of life (HR 0.67; 95%CI 0.48–0.94). CONCLUSIONS: Occupational healthcare professionals should pay greater attention to patients who are aging and those with perceived worse physical and psychological conditions, in order to facilitate the reintegration process and promote sustained RTW after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury. BioMed Central 2023-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10540424/ /pubmed/37770862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16789-z Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Silva-Junior, João Silvestre Martinez, Maria Carmen Sekiya, Felipe Seiti de Miranda, Cristiano Barreto Fischer, Frida Marina Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title | Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title_full | Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title_fullStr | Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title_short | Return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in Brazil |
title_sort | return to work after sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorder or injury: a longitudinal study conducted in brazil |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540424/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37770862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16789-z |
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