The association of adolescent spinal-pain-related absenteeism with early adulthood work absenteeism: A six-year follow-up data from a population-based cohort

• Main Authors: Pieter Coenen (Author), Anne Smith (Author), Peter Kent (Author), Mark Harris (Author), Steven J Linton (Author), Glenn Pransky (Author), Darren Beales (Author), Peter O'Sullivan (Author), Leon Straker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Spinal (ie, back and neck) pain often develops as early as during adolescence and can set a trajectory for later life. However, whether early-life spinal-pain-related behavioral responses of missing school/work are predictive of future work absenteeism is yet unknown. We assessed the ass...