Are job strain and sleep disturbances prognostic factors for low-back pain?
A cohort study of a general population of working age in Sweden
Eva Rasmussen-Barr, Wilhelmus J.A. Grooten, Johan Hallqvist, Lena W. Holm, Eva Skillgate
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, SE-112 28 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: eva.rasmussen.barr@ki.se
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2249
Lay Abstract
A lot of people suffer from low-back pain. Some physical and psychological factors are proposed to play a role when occasional back pain gets more troublesome. Experiencing stress at work or having a poor sleep might be such factors. We studied this among a large group of people with occasional low-back pain who also answered questions about having job stress (job strain) and sleep problems or not. We found that those who reported high job strain may have an increased risk to develop troublesome low-back pain. That was also the case with those who reported sleep problems. We suggest that these factors are taken into consideration in primary care.
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