ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2019
Physical and psychosocial work exposures as risk factors for disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion.
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- Dose-Response Relationship between Physical Workload and Specific Shoulder Diseases-A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- What Are the Determinants of the Sex/Gender Difference in Duration of Work Absence for Musculoskeletal Disorders? A Mixed-Studies Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Could a feedback device help manage work-related shoulder disorders?: protocol of a mixed methods pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Labour market trajectories after part-time sickness absence: a nationwide cohort study from Finland.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Sickness absence transitions among Swedish twins with back, neck or shoulder pain and common mental disorders applying a multi-state approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- How Does Job Insecurity and Workplace Activity Limitations Relate to Rheumatic Disease Symptom Trajectories in Young Adulthood? A Longitudinal Study.Arthritis care & research · 2023Article
- Occupational differences in disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion: do work-related factors matter?International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Article
- Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair and Subsequent Career Changes in Manual Workers: A Long-term Observational Study.JB & JS open accessArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the longitudinal associations of physical and psychosocial exposures with disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion.
methodsIn a nationwide register-based study, we followed 1 135 654 wage earners aged 30-59 years for the occurrence of disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion. The occupational exposures were assessed with job exposure matrices. We used a competing risk regression model to estimate HRs and their 95% CIs and to test for the association between the exposures and the outcome. We also calculated the attributable fraction of disability retirement due to occupational exposures.
resultsA total of 2472 persons had full disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion during the follow-up. Physically heavy work showed the strongest association with the outcome in both genders, in men with an HR of 2.90 (95% CI 2.37 to 3.55) and in women with an HR of 3.21 (95% CI 2.80 to 3.90). Of the specific physical exposures, working with hands above shoulder level was statistically significantly associated with disability retirement in men. When all physical exposures were taken into consideration, 46% and 41% of disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion were attributed to physical work load factors in men and women, respectively. In addition, 49% (men) and 35% (women) of disability retirement were attributed to psychosocial work-related factors.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that a considerable proportion of disability retirement due to a shoulder lesion could be prevented by reducing physical and psychosocial exposures at work to a low level.
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