Dataset Information

Physical demand at work and sick leave due to low back pain: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate if self-reported high physical demand at work, objective physical workload using a job exposure matrix (JEM) and fear-avoidance beliefs are associated with reported sick leave in the previous year in persons with low back pain (LBP). Second, to investigate if the effects of fear-avoidance and self-reported high physical demand at work on sick leave are modified by the objective physical workloads.

Settings

Participants were recruited from general practice and by advertisement in a local newspaper.

Participants

305participants with a current period of 2-4 weeks LBP and self-reported difficulty in maintaining physically demanding jobs due to LBP were interviewed, clinically examined and had an MRI at baseline.