title: [Healthcare consumption due to musculoskeletal pain in fishery sector workers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency and factors associated with medicine consumption and consultations with family physicians due to musculoskeletal pain in fishery workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a cross-sectional study (n = 929). The variables analyzed consisted of sociodemographic factors, the frequency of musculoskeletal pain, healthcare resource consumption, back pain disability (Roland-Morris) and health-related quality of life (SF-36).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 98.7% of the sample were women, with a mean age of 50.6 years. Musculoskeletal pain was reported by 66.5%, 43% were taking medication, and 64% had consulted their family physician due to musculoskeletal pain. The factors associated with medication intake in the logistic regression analysis were the number of years worked in the sector, hip-knee pain, bodily pain and physical functioning. The variables associated with physician visits were the presence of hip-knee pain, neck-back-shoulder pain, bodily pain, and social functioning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The variables most closely associated with resource utilization were hip-knee pain and the physical dimension of health-related quality of life, especially bodily pain.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Fisioterapia, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, España. Electronic address: beatriz.romero@udc.es.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Romero
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Epidemiología Clínica y Bioestadística, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, España.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pita-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Fisioterapia, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, España.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Fisioterapia, Universidad de A Coruña, A Coruña, España.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández-Cervantes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005398:Fisheries; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Calidad de vida; Enfermedades musculoesqueléticas; Gastos en salud; Health expenditures; Musculoskeletal diseases; Quality of life