Comorbid symptoms of depression and musculoskeletal pain and risk of long term sickness absence

• Egile Nagusiak: Ole Melkevik (Egilea), Thomas Clausen (Egilea), Jacob Pedersen (Egilea), Anne Helene Garde (Egilea), Andreas Holtermann (Egilea), Reiner Rugulies (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Abstract Background Symptoms of depression and musculoskeletal pain have both been found to be associated with increased risk of long term sickness absence (LTSA). The comorbidity between depression and pain i.e. simultaneous presence of both symptoms, is well established in the literature. The aim...