ArticlePloS one2015
Sickness absence from work among persons with new physician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome: a population-based matched-cohort study.
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- Altered blood-based biomarkers in carpal tunnel syndrome. A systematic review and meta-analysis.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2026Pooled it
- Sickness absence after carpal tunnel release: a systematic review of the literature.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2018Pooled it
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- Performance of Handwriting and Digital Typing After Carpal Tunnel Release: The TACTUS (Typing Ability in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: a scoping review of causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, and intervention strategies.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Open or Endoscopic Release Surgery Method?The archives of bone and joint surgery · 2022Article
- Sickness absence and disability pension after carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosis: A register-based study of patients and matched references in Sweden.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2022Article
- Occupational and non-occupational risk factors correlating with the severity of clinical manifestations of carpal tunnel syndrome and related work disability among workers who work with a computer.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2022Article
- Association of clinically relevant carpal tunnel syndrome with type of work and level of education: a general-population study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Sickness absence after carpal tunnel release: a multicentre prospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Observational
- Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with wrist splinting: study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial.Trials · 2019Article
- Comparison of open and endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery regarding clinical outcomes, complication and return to daily life: A prospective comparative study.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCarpal tunnel syndrome is common among employed persons. Data on sickness absence from work in relation to carpal tunnel syndrome have been usually based on self-report and derived from clinical or occupational populations. We aimed to determine sickness absence among persons with physician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome as compared to the general population.
methodsIn Skåne region in Sweden we identified all subjects, aged 17-57 years, with new physician-made diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome during 5 years (2004-2008). For each subject we randomly sampled, from the general population, 4 matched reference subjects without carpal tunnel syndrome; the two cohorts comprised 5456 and 21,667 subjects, respectively (73% women; mean age 43 years). We retrieved social insurance register data on all sickness absence periods longer than 2 weeks from 12 months before to 24 months after diagnosis. Of those with carpal tunnel syndrome 2111 women (53%) and 710 men (48%) underwent surgery within 24 months of diagnosis. We compared all-cause sickness absence and analyzed sickness absence in conjunction with diagnosis and surgery.
resultsMean number of all-cause sickness absence days per each 30-day period from 12 months before to 24 months after diagnosis was significantly higher in the carpal tunnel syndrome than in the reference cohort. A new sickness absence period longer than 2 weeks in conjunction with diagnosis was recorded in 12% of the women (n = 492) and 11% of the men (n = 170) and with surgery in 53% (n = 1121) and 58% (n = 408) of the surgically treated, respectively; median duration in conjunction with surgery was 35 days (IQR 27-45) for women and 41 days (IQR 28-50) for men.
conclusionsPersons with physician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome have substantially more sickness absence from work than age and sex-matched persons from the general population from 1 year before to 2 years after diagnosis. Gender differences were small.
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