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Working with Musculoskeletal Pain

Authors :
Buck, Rhiannon
Wynne-Jones, Gwenllian
Varnava, Alice
Main, Chris J
Phillips, Ceri J
Source :
British Journal of Pain; June 2009, Vol. 3 Issue: 1 p6-10, 5p
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

•Pain has a significant impact on work in terms of presenteeism, sickness absence, and long-term incapacity for work•A bio-psychosocial approach is required in understanding pain-related disability and incapacity for work•Long-term absence from work is associated with a number of negative outcomes including; poverty, social exclusion and poorer physical and psychosocial well-being•Return to work can improve recovery for people with musculoskeletal complaints and pain•Interventions to reduce the impact of pain on work can operate at clinical, worker, workplace, and wider systems levels•A broader whole systems approach to pain management needs to be adopted, with a greater focus on work retention as well as rehabilitation

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20494637 and 20494645
Volume :
3
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
British Journal of Pain
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs42156883
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/204946370900300103