ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2017
Work outcome in persons with musculoskeletal diseases: comparison with other chronic diseases & the role of musculoskeletal diseases in multimorbidity.
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- Challenges and Perspectives in Treating Individuals With Musculoskeletal Disorders and Comorbidity: A Systematic Literature Review With a Descriptive Thematic Synthesis.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of diabetes on labour market participation: a systematic review of results and methods.BMC public health · 2019Pooled it
- Multimorbidity and the indirect cost of productivity loss from health-related work absenteeism in Belgium.European journal of public health · 2025Observational
- Sickness absence transitions among Swedish twins with back, neck or shoulder pain and common mental disorders applying a multi-state approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Multimorbidity in patients with low back pain in Danish chiropractic practice: a cohort study.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2023Article
- Musculoskeletal health, wealth and business, and wider societal impact.European journal of public health · 2022Article
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- Vocational Rehabilitation with or without Work Module for Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Sick Leave from Work: Longitudinal Impact on Work Participation.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
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- Effect of Partial Sick Leave on Sick Leave Duration in Employees with Musculoskeletal Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Multimorbidity and Its Impact on Workers: A Review of Longitudinal Studies.Safety and health at work · 2019Review
- Assessing aberrant muscle activity patterns via the analysis of surface EMG data collected during a functional evaluation.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- The impact of multimorbidity on foot health outcomes in podiatry patients with musculoskeletal foot pain: a prospective observational study.Journal of foot and ankle research · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundChronic diseases and multimorbidity are increasingly common among persons in working age. This study explores the impact of type, number and combinations of chronic diseases with focus on the role of MSKD on (1) adverse work status (i.e. work disability (WD), economic unemployment (UE) or receiving a living allowance (LA)) and on (2) the occurrence of sick leave.
methodsSubjects participating in a Dutch household survey, who were ≤65 years and could have paid work, provided data on socio-demographics and nine physician diagnosed chronic diseases. To explore the independent association of each chronic disease, of multimorbidity and of MSKD in context of multimorbidity with 1) work status (employed, WD, LA, UE) and 2) sick leave (SL) in those employed, multinomial logistic regressions and logistic regressions were used, respectively.
resultsAmong 5396 subjects, MSKD was the most common morbidity (17%), multimorbidity occurred in 755/5396 (14%), 436/755 (61%) of subjects with multimorbidity had an MSKD. For MSKD the odds of WD, LA and UE were 2.06 [95% CI 1.56;2.71], 2.15[1.18;3.91] and 1.35[0.94;1.96], respectively, compared to being employed and the odds of SL in MSKD were 2.29[1.92;2.73]. Mental diseases had a stronger impact on all these outcomes. The odds for adverse work outcomes increased strongly with an increasing number of diseases. When an MSKD was part of multimorbidity, an additional impact on the association with WD and SL was observed.
conclusionsMultimorbidity has a stronger impact on all work outcomes compared to single chronic diseases. The presence of the MSKD in the context of multimorbidity amplifies the chance of WD or SL.
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