| Document ID (ISN) | 109294 |
| CIS number |
09-291 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Suoyrjö H., Hinkka K., Oksanen T., Kivimäki M., Klaukka T., Pentti J., Vahtera J. |
| Title |
Effects of multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation for chronic back or neck pain: A register-linkage study of sickness absences and analgesic purchases in an occupational cohort |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2008, Vol.65, No.3, p.179-184. Illus. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
To determine the effects of multidisciplinary in-patient rehabilitation for chronic back or neck pain on sickness absences and analgesic purchases, a prospective study was conducted in 10 towns in Finland. Participants were 34,838 local government employees, and included 418 participants in rehabilitation for chronic back pain and 195 participants in rehabilitation for chronic neck pain between 1994 and 2002. The rate of very long (>21 days) sickness absence among the chronic back pain rehabilitees was 3.03-fold compared to the non-rehabilitees in the year before rehabilitation. This ratio declined to 1.88 three years after rehabilitation. No further decline in the rate of very long sickness absence was observed in the subsequent years. For chronic neck pain rehabilitees, no evidence of the effectiveness of rehabilitation on sickness absence was found. In relation to consumption of analgesics, the mean rate of defined daily doses declined among the back and neck pain rehabilitees after rehabilitation compared to the non-rehabilitees. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
analgesics; sickness absenteeism; government services; cervical column; backache; rehabilitation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Finland; statistical evaluation; cohort study; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland; United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Public and government services
Rehabilitiation
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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