Influence of Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Variables on Sickness Leave and Disability in Patients with Work-Related Neck and Low Back Pain

Israel Macías-Toronjo, José Luis Sánchez-Ramos, María Jesús Rojas-Ocaña and E. Begoña García-Navarro
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Israel Macías-Toronjo: Department of Rehabilitation, Huelva Fremap Hospital, 21003 Huelva, Spain
José Luis Sánchez-Ramos: Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
María Jesús Rojas-Ocaña: Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
E. Begoña García-Navarro: Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to describe the association between psychosocial factors in patients with work-related neck or low back pain ( n = 129), in order to study sickness leave, its duration, the disability reported, and to analyze the relationship of these factors with different sociodemographic variables. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data on kinesiophobia, catastrophizing, disability, and pain were gathered. Sociodemographic variables analyzed included sex, age, occupational, and educational level. Other data such as location of pain, sick leave status and duration of sickness absence were also collected. Educational level ( p = 0.001), occupational level ( p < 0.001), and kinesiophobia ( p < 0.001) were found to be associated with sickness leave; kinesiophobia (b = 1.47, p = 0.002, r = 0.35) and catastrophizing (b = 0.72, p = 0.012, r = 0.28) were associated with the duration of sickness leave. Educational level ( p =0.021), kinesiophobia (b = 1.69, p < 0.000, r = 0.505), catastrophizing (b = 0.76, p < 0.000, r = 0.372), and intensity of pain (b = 4.36, p < 0.000, r = 0.334) were associated with the degree of disability. In the context of occupational insurance providers, educational and occupational factors, as well as kinesiophobia and catastrophizing, may have an influence on sickness leave, its duration and the degree of disability reported.

Keywords: musculoskeletal disorders; low back pain; neck pain; sickness leave; psychosocial pain; catastrophizing; kinesiophobia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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