Sleeping problems as a risk factor for subsequent musculoskeletal pain and the role of job strain: results from a one-year follow-up of the Malmö Shoulder Neck Study Cohort.
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Summary, in English
BACKGROUND: The role of sleeping problems in the causal pathway between job strain and musculoskeletal pain is not clear. Purpose: To investigate the impact of sleeping problems and job strain on the one-year risk for neck, shoulder, and lumbar pain. METHOD: A prospective study, using self-administered questionnaires, of a healthy cohort of 4,140 vocationally active persons ages 45-64, residing in the city of Malmo. RESULTS: At follow-up, 11.8% of the men and 14.8% of the women had developed pain. The odds ratios (OR) for pain at follow-up and sleeping problems at baseline were 1.72 (95% CI: 1.13-2.61) in men and 1.91 (1.35-2.70) in women. Regarding exposure to job strain, ORs were 1.39 (0.94-2.05) for men and 1.63 (1.18-2.23) for women. These statistically significant risks remained so when controlled for possible confounding. A modest synergistic effect was noted in women with concurrent sleeping problems and job strain, but not in men. CONCLUSION: One in 15-20 of all new cases of chronic pain in the population could be attributed to sleeping problems. No evidence was found for a causal chain with job strain leading to musculoskeletal pain by the pathway of sleeping problems.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
254-262
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Volym
15
Issue
4
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Ämne
- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
- Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Family Medicine and Community Medicine
- Social Medicine and Global Health
- Internal Medicine - Epidemiology
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1070-5503