ArticleBMC public health2013
Chronic back problems and labor force participation in a national population survey: impact of comorbid arthritis.
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- Efficacy of a Work Disability Prevention Program for People with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Single-Blind Parallel-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.Arthritis care & research · 2018Trial
- Early Spondyloarthritis Clinic: Organizational Improvements in the Patient Journey.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Labor force participation and secondary education of gender inequality index (GII) associated with healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth.International journal for equity in health · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundBack problems and arthritis are common chronic conditions, while having back problems is a frequent reason for lost work time. The objective of this study was to investigate employment status amongst individuals who report having both back problems and arthritis, compared to having either condition alone.
methodsWe analyzed data from the 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (ages 25-64, n = 79,719). Respondents who reported neither having worked in the past 12 months nor the past week were coded as not currently employed. Those reported being permanently unable to work were considered to be out of the labor force. Log-Poisson regressions, adjusting for socio-demographic and lifestyle factors, were used to estimate risks for being not currently employed or being out of the labor force for 5 mutually exclusive groups of chronic conditions: arthritis and back problems, back problems, arthritis, any other chronic conditions, and no chronic conditions.
results12.7% of respondents reported being not currently employed and 2.9% being out of the labor force. 5.8% of respondents reported both arthritis and back problems, while 16.1% reported back problems and 7.3% arthritis. The back problems and arthritis group had the highest risk of not being currently employed. The risk was higher for men (PR = 1.90; 95% CI = 1.58, 2.29) than for women (PR = 1.31; 95% CI = 1.18, 1.46). Risks of being permanently unable to work were also the greatest for those with comorbid back problems and arthritis.
conclusionsThere is a need for a reappraisal of back problems as a cause of work disability to account for the possibility of co-occurring arthritis.
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