PT Journal
AU Sivertsen, H
   Lillefjell, M
   Espnes, GA
TI The relationship between health promoting resources and work participation in a sample reporting musculoskeletal pain from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study, HUNT 3, Norway
SO BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
JI BMC Musculoskelet Disord
PY 2013
BP 100
VL 14
DI 10.1186/1471-2474-14-100
LA English
DE Absenteeism; Adaptation; Psychological; Adult; Aged; Anxiety Disorders/epidemiology/psychology; Chi-Square Distribution; Cross-Sectional Studies; *Employment; Female; *Health Behavior; *Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; *Health Promotion; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Musculoskeletal Diseases/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology/*psychology; Norway/epidemiology; Occupational Health; Odds Ratio; Pain/diagnosis/epidemiology/physiopathology/*psychology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Sick Leave; Social Support; Unemployment; Workload; Young Adult
AB BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is one of the most frequent causes of sick leave from work, and is a common and potentially disabling condition. This study is based on the salutogenic perspective and investigates the relationship between personal, social, and functional health resources and work participation in a population reporting MSP. METHOD: Analysis was performed on cross sectional data from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study, HUNT 3, in Norway. The sample of n= 6702 was extracted from HUNT 3, including a total of N= 50807 participants. Self-reported health (SRH) and, personal, social, and functional resources were assessed by a questionnaire. Reported sick leave was collected by interview at the point of time when the data were collected, from October 2006 until June 2008. RESULTS: Logistic regression analysis demonstrated statistically significant differences between the work group and sick leave group in self-rated health, work support, work control, work load, and feeling strong, and the model predicted 68% of the cases correctly. Females had a lower statistically significant probability (B= -.53) to be in the work group then men when suffering from MSP, with odds of 41%. CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant relationship between health promoting resources such as SRH, feeling strong, absence of neuroticism, work load, work control, and work participation in MSP population.
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