A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN DECIDING WORK- RELATEDNESS OF CHRONIC BACK PAIN AMONG EMPLOYEE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.19/no.1/art.8Keywords:
chronic back pain, work- relatedness, work, factorsAbstract
Chronic low back pain is a common and preventable complain among workers. Large amount of financial and benefit cost has been spent by the developed countries to prevent, treat and rehabilitate a large number of workers that are exposed to hazards attributing to low back pain. Efforts on primary prevention of low back pain has been challenging due to difficulties in affirming work- relatedness of chronic back pain among workers. As such, efforts have to be focused on the existing literatures to propose acceptable variables to define work- relatedness specific to occupational low back pain. Evidences suggest twisting, frequent manual lifting of objects, duration of daily exposure, coping mechanism towards the pain, body mass index (BMI), smoking status and physical activity are associated with occupational back pain. However, further research efforts are needed to establish stronger evidence and improve the occupational safety and health of our workers that are exposed to all these hazards throughout the day on a daily basis.
References
Soucy I, Truchon M, Cote D. Work- related factors contributing to chronic disability in low back pain. Work. 2006; 26: 313- 326.
Truchon M, Schmouth ME, Côté D, et al. Absenteeism Screening Questionnaire (ASQ): A new tool for predicting long-term absenteeism among workers with low back pain. J Occup Rehabil. 2011. PMID: 21796374.
Shraim M, Cifuentes M, Willetts JL, et al. Length of Disability and Medical Costs in Low Back Pain. JOEM. 2015; Vol. 57 (12): 1275- 1283.
Aziz Mohammed MA. Trends of industrial and commuting accidents. Social Security Organization 2010.
Daniels C, Huang GD, Feuerstein M, et al. Self- report measure of low back- related biomechanical exposures: clinical validation. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2005; Vol. 15, No. 2; 113- 128.
Hoy D, Bain C, Williams G, et al. A Systematic Review of the Global Prevalence of Low Back Pain. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2012; Vol. 64, No. 6. pp 2028- 2037.
Latza U, Pfahlberg A, Gefeller O. Impact of repetitive manual materials handling and psychosocial work factors on the future prevalence of chronic low- back pain among construction workers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2002; 28(5): 314- 323.
Miranda H, Viikari- Juntura E, Martikainen R, et al. Individual factors, occupational loading, and physical exercise as predictors of sciatic pain. Spine. 2002; Vol. 27; No. 10, pp 1102- 1109.
Gershon RR, Lin S, Li X. Work stress in aging police officers. J Occup Environ Med. 2002; 44: 160- 167.
Kopec JA, Sayre EC. Work- related psychosocial factors and chronic pain: A prospective cohort study in Canadian workers. JOEM. 2004; Vol. 46; No. 12: 1263- 1271.
Turner JA, Franklin G, Fulton- Kehoe D, et. al. ISSLS Prize Winner: Early predictors of chronic work disability. A prospective, population- based study of workers with back injuries. Spine. 2008; Vol. 33. No. 25. pp 2809- 2818.
Alexopoulus EC, Burdorf A, Kalokerinou A. Risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders among nursing personnel in Greek hospitals. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2003; 76: 289- 294.
Sporrong H, Sandsjo L, Kadefors R, et al. Assessment of workload and arm position during different work sequences: a study with portable devices on construction workers. Applied Ergonomics. 1999; 30; 495- 503.
Nahit ES, Hunt IM, Lunt M, et al. Effects of psychosocial and individual psychological factors on the onset of musculoskeletal pain: common and site- specific effects. Ann Rheum Dis. 2003; 62: 755- 760.
Elders LAM, Burdorf A. Prevalence, incidence, and recurrence of low back pain in scaffolders during a 3- year follow- up study. Spine. 2004; Vol. 29. No. 6. pp E101- E106.
Kaaria S, Leino- Arjas P, Rahkonen O, et al. Risk factors of sciatic pain: A prospective study among middle- aged employees. European Journal of Pain. 2011; 15: 584- 590.
Abenhaim L, Rossignol M, Gobeille D, et al. The prognostic consequences in the making of the initial medical diagnosis of work- related back injuries. Spine. 1995; Vol. 20: No. 7, pp 791- 795.
Stevenson JM, Weber CL, Smith JT, et al. A longitudinal study of the development of low back pain in an industrial population. Spine. 2001. Vol. 26. No. 12. pp 1370- 1377.
Elders LAM, Heinrich J, Burdorf A. Risk factors for sickness absence because of low back pain among scaffolders. A 3- year follow- up study. Spine. 2003; Vol. 28. No. 12, pp 1340- 1346.
Boshuizen HC, Bongers PM, Hulshof CTJ. Self- reported back pain in fork- lift truck and freight- container tractor drivers exposed to whole- body vibration. Spine. 1991; Vol. 17; No. 1; 59- 65.
Shipp EM, Cooper SP, del Junco DJ, et al. Chronic back pain and associated work and non- work variables among farmworkers from Starr Country, Texas. Journal of Agromedicine. 2009; 14: 22- 32.
Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H. Correlates of back problems and back- related disability in the United States. J Clin Epidemiol. 1997; Vol. 50; No. 6. pp. 669- 681.
Burton AK, Tillotson KM, Troup JDG. Prediction of low- back trouble frequency in a working population. Spine. 1998; Vol. 14; No. 9; 939- 946.
Mustard CA, Vermeulen M, Lavis JN. Is position in the occupational hierarchy a determinant of decline in perceived health status? Social Science & Medicine. 2003; 57; 2291- 2303.
Hamberg- van Reenen HH, Ariens GAM, Blatter BM, et al. Is an imbalance between physical capacity and exposure to work- related physical factors associated with low- back, neck or shoulder pain? Scand J Work Environ Health. 2006; 32 (3): 190- 197.
Campbell C, Muncer SJ. The cause of low back pain: a network analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2005; 60(2): 409- 419.
Hurwitz EL, Morgenstern H, Chi C. Effects of Recreational Physical Activity and Back Exercises on Low Back Pain and Psychological Distress: Findings From the UCLA Low Back Pain Study. American Journal of Public Health. 2005; Vol. 95. No. 10. pg 1817- 1824.
Robinson M, Dannecker E, George S, et al. Sex differences in the associations among psychological factors and pain report: a novel psychophysical study of patients with chronic low back pain. J Pain. 2005; 6(7): 463-470.
Oleske DM, Lavender SA, Andersson GB, et al. Risk factors for recurrent episodes of work-related low back disorders in an industrial population. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006; Apr 1; 31(7):789-98.
Strunin L, Boden LI. Family consequences of chronic back pain. Social Science & Medicine. 2004; 58: 1385- 1393.
Vearrier D, Greenberg MI. Occupational health of miners at altitude: Adverse health effects, toxic exposures, pre- placement screening, acclimatization, and worker surveillance. Clinical Toxicology. 2011; 49. 629- 640
Druss BG, Rosenheck RA, Sledge WH. Health and disability costs of depressive illness in a major U.S. Corporation. Am J Psychiatry. 2000; 157: 1274- 1278.
Le P, Solomonow M, Zhou B-H, et al. Cyclic load magnitude is a risk factor for a cumulative lower back disorder. JOEM. 2007; Vol. 40: No. 4: 375- 385.
Spyropoulos P, Papathanasiou G, Georgoudis G, et al. Prevalence of low back pain in Greek public office workers. Pain Physician. 2007; 10: 651- 660.
Suter PB. Employment and litigation: improved by work, assisted by verdict. Pain 2002. 100: 249- 257.
Holmberg S, Thelin A, Stiernstrom E-L, et al. Low back pain comorbidity among male farmers and rural referent: A population- based study. Ann Agric Environ Med. 2005; 12: 261- 268.
Musich S, Hook D, Baaner S, et al. The association of two productivity measures with health risks and medical conditions in an Australian employee population. American Journal of Health Promotion. 2006; Vol. 20, No. 5: 353- 363.
Heydari A, Nargol AVF, Jones APC, et al. EMG analysis of lumbar paraspinal muscles as a predictor of the risk of low- back pain. Eur Spine J. 2010; 19: 1145- 1152.
Kaerlev L, Jacobsen LB, Olsen J, et al. Long- term sick leave and its risk factors during pregnancy among Danish hospital employees. Scand J Public Health. 2004; 32: 111- 117.
Rothman KJ, Greenland S, Lash TL. Modern Epidemiology (3rd Edition). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2008. Philadelphia.
