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Does pain deteriorate working life expectancy in aging workers?

Authors
 Wanhyung Lee  ;  Kwanyoung Hong  ;  Sung-Shil Lim  ;  Jin-Ha Yoon 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, Vol.58(6) : 582-592, 2016 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ISSN
 1341-9145 
Issue Date
2016
MeSH
Aged ; Aging/psychology* ; Female ; Humans ; Life Expectancy* ; Logistic Models ; Longitudinal Studies ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Occupational Diseases/psychology* ; Odds Ratio ; Pain/psychology* ; Pain Perception ; Republic of Korea ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Work/psychology*
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Many aging workers wish to continue working as long as they can for a better life in the future. However, symptoms of pain are a key obstacle in the continuation of work among older workers. The impact of pain on work is understudied. Thus, we investigated the relationship between pain characteristics (total site and severity) and aging workers' working life expectancy scale (WoLES) in Korea.

METHODS: We included 1,979 participants (1,175 men and 804 women) from a well-established survey of a nationally representative population: the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing. A self-questionnaire was used to assess pain characteristics and WoLES. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the lower-WoLES group were calculated using multiple logistic regression models.

RESULTS: Compared with the absence of pain, ORs and 95% CIs of the lower-WoLES group were increased, as follows: 1 pain site, 1.75 (1.20-2.55); 2 pain sites, 1.99 (1.32-3.03); 3 or more pain sites, 2.28 (1.51-3.42); mild pain, 1.74 (1.32-2.61); moderate pain, 2.02 (1.28-3.22); and severe pain, 2.12 (1.46-3.08). The statistical trend was significant in both total sites and severity of pain (p<0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant association between WoLES and both total pain sites and severity of pain, even after adjusting for potential confounding factors.
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DOI
10.1539/joh.16-0024-OA
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Preventive Medicine (예방의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
4. Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > Graduate School of Public Health (보건대학원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Yoon, Jin Ha(윤진하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4198-2955
Lee, Wan Hyung(이완형)
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/165609
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