title: Seeking care for neck/shoulder pain: a prospective study of work-related risk factors in a healthy population.
abstract: This study estimated the 5-year cumulative incidence of neck/shoulder pain and identified work-related risk factors leading subjects to seek care for this problem. Four to six years after the case-referent MUSIC-Norrtälje Study, a postal questionnaire was sent to the referents of this study, and 81% responded. At baseline, 516 men and 697 women were assessed as to their work-related exposures. The 4- to 6-year cumulative incidence for seeking care for neck/shoulder pain was 29% for women and 18% for men. For men, moderately increased risks were found for manual handling, night work/shift work, hindrances at work, and solitary work. For men, the risk increased with an increasing number of risk indicators. No work-related risk factors were found for women, highlighting the difficulty of identifying risk factors in a general population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Occupational Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Wim.Grooten@smd.sll.se
authors.forename: Wilhelmus Johannes Andreas
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Grooten
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiktorin
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Norrman
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Josephson
authors.forename: Ewa Wigaeus
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Tornqvist
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alfredsson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology