The association of adolescent spinal-pain-related absenteeism with early adulthood work absenteeism: A six-year follow-up data from a population-based cohort.

Conclusions We found a more than three-fold higher risk of work absenteeism in early adulthood among those with adolescent spinal-pain-related absenteeism, compared to those without. These findings suggest that, to keep a sustainable workforce, pain prevention and management should focus on pain-related behaviors as early as in adolescence. PMID: 29893981 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - June 11, 2018 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Coenen P, Smith A, Kent P, Harris M, Linton SJ, Pransky G, Beales D, O'Sullivan P, Straker L Tags: Scand J Work Environ Health Source Type: research