Pain in Multiple Sites and Clusters of Cause-Specific Work Disability Development among Midlife Municipal Employees

Aapo Hiilamo, Anna Huttu, Simon Øverland, Olli Pietiläinen, Ossi Rahkonen and Tea Lallukka
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Aapo Hiilamo: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 18, 00032 Helsinki, Finland
Anna Huttu: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, PO Box 20, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Simon Øverland: Division of Physical and Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, N-0403 Oslo, Norway
Olli Pietiläinen: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, PO Box 20, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Ossi Rahkonen: Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, PO Box 20, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Tea Lallukka: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 18, 00032 Helsinki, Finland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: This study investigates to what extent pain in multiple sites and common risk factors related to work environment, occupational class and health behaviours are associated with cause-specific work disability (WD) development clusters. The study population was derived from the Finnish Helsinki Health Study (n = 2878). Sequence analysis created clusters of similar subsequent cause-specific WD development in an eight-year follow-up period. Cross-tabulations and multinomial logistic regression were used to analyze the extent to which baseline factors, including pain in multiple sites, were associated with the subsequent WD clusters. A solution with five distinct WD clusters was chosen: absence of any WD (40%), low and temporary WD due to various causes (46%), WD due to mental disorders (3%), WD due to musculoskeletal (8%) and WD due to other causes (4%). Half of the employees in the musculoskeletal WD cluster had pain in multiple locations. In the adjusted model the number of pain sites, low occupational class and physical working conditions were linked to the musculoskeletal WD. The identified characteristics of the different WD clusters may help target tailored work disability prevention measures for those at risk.

Keywords: work disability; pain; public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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