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Darren Beales1, Pieter Coenen, Anne Smith
1School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (Dr Beales, Dr Coenen, Dr Smith, Dr O'Sullivan, Dr Straker), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Dr Coenen), School of Economics, Finance and Property, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (Dr Harris), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (Dr Pransky).
Objectives:
This study investigated spinal pain-related absenteeism at age 17 as a potential precursor to work presenteeism at age 23.
Methods:
A longitudinal study was performed with Raine Study Gen2 participants (n = 451). Spinal pain-related absenteeism from school/work was collected at the 17 year follow-up. Presenteeism (due to ill-health or any other reason) was collected quarterly during one year around the age of 23. Zero-inflated binominal regression analysis was conducted.
Results:
Participants with adolescent spinal pain-related absenteeism reported higher work presenteeism in early adulthood than those without pain (155.7 h/y compared to 77.7 h/y), with an incident rate ratio (95% confidence interval) of 1.41 (1.04 to 1.92) after adjusting for sex, occupational class and multimorbidity count.
Conclusions:
Targeting factors associated with absenteeism behaviours during early life may have significant benefits for future work productivity.
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