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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2019

Prevalence of low back pain, seeking medical care, and lost time due to low back pain among manual material handling workers in the United States.

Sue A Ferguson, Andrew Merryweather, Matthew S Thiese, Kurt T Hegmann, Ming-Lun Lu, Jay M Kapellusch, William S Marras

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. The efficacy of primary sacroiliac joint fusion for low back pain caused by sacroiliac joint pathology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022
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  13. Prevention of Work Absence Due to Back Pain: A Network Meta-Analysis.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023
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  17. Low Back Pain Prevalence among Distance Learning Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  19. Advances in Pain Medicine: a Review of New Technologies.Current pain and headache reports · 2022
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  20. Participation in Low Back Pain Management: It Is Time for the To-Be Scenarios in Digital Public Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sue A FergusonSpine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, 210 Baker Systems, 1971 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. ferguson.4@osu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-2869
Andrew MerryweatherRocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA.
Matthew S ThieseRocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA.
Kurt T HegmannRocky Mountain Center for Occupational & Environmental Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, 391 Chipeta Way, Suite C, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA.
Ming-Lun LuNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Taft Laboratories, 1090 Tusculum Ave. MS C-24, Cincinnati, OH, 45226, USA.
Jay M KapelluschOccupational Science & Technology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA.
William S MarrasSpine Research Institute, The Ohio State University, 210 Baker Systems, 1971 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.

Funding

Exposure-Response Relationships for Low Back Pain from Pooled DataR01OH010916 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE · PI GARG, ARUN · 2015 to 2017
$890k
ACL HHS R01OH010916NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH010916NIOSH CDC HHS RO1OH010916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLow back pain (LBP) is a common and costly problem throughout the United States. To achieve a greater understanding of the occupational risk factors, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) funded a low back health effects consortium, which performed several surveillance studies throughout the United States. This study combines data from the consortium research groups resulting in a data set with nearly 2000 workers in various regions of the country. The purpose of this paper is to examine prevalence and personal risk factors of low back health effects among these workers.

methodsThere were three common questions regarding history of low back health effects in the past 12 months including 1) have you had LBP lasting 7 days, 2) have you sought medical care for LBP, and 3) have you taken time off work due to LBP. The questionnaire included demographic questions. There were five data collections institutions or sites including NIOSH, Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Texas A&M University, and University of Utah.

resultsThe 12-month period prevalence of low back pain lasting 7 days, seeking medical care, and lost time due to LBP were 25, 14 and 10%, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences in gender, age or weight between cases and non-cases for any prevalence measure. The height of workers was significantly greater in the cases compared to non-cases for all three prevalence definitions. There were significant differences among the sites on the prevalence of seeking medical care for LBP and lost time due to LBP. The Ohio State University had significantly higher prevalence rates for seeking medical care and lost time due to LBP than University of Wisconsin, University of Utah, or Texas A&M University.

conclusionLBP, the least severe low back health effect studied, had the highest prevalence (25%) and lost time due to LBP, the most severe low back health effect studied, had the lowest prevalence (10%) among nearly 2000 US manual material handling workers. There was a significant site or regional influence in prevalence rates for seeking medical care and lost time due to LBP.

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AbsenteeismAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLow Back PainMaleMiddle AgedOccupational DiseasesPatient Acceptance of Health CarePrevalenceRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesYoung AdultLost timeLow back painPrevalenceSeeking medical care

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PMID31118009
PMCPMC6530127

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