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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Ulf Gerdtham

Professor

Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Pain and labor outcomes : A longitudinal study of adults with cerebral palsy in Sweden

Author

  • Derek Asuman
  • Ulf-G Gerdtham
  • Ann I Alriksson-Schmidt
  • Elisabet Rodby-Bousquet
  • Guro L Andersen
  • Johan Jarl

Summary, in English

BACKGROUND: Pain is a global health concern with substantial societal costs and limits the activity participation of individuals. The prevalence of pain is estimated to be high among individuals with cerebral palsy (CP).

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the association between pain and labor outcomes for adults with CP in Sweden.

METHODS: A longitudinal cohort study based on data from Swedish population-based administrative registers of 6899 individuals (53,657 person-years) with CP aged 20-64 years. Individual fixed effects regression models were used to analyze the association between pain and labor outcomes (employment and earnings from employment), as well as potential pathways through which pain might affect employment and earnings.

RESULTS: Pain was associated with adverse outcomes varying across severity, corresponding to a reduction of 7-12% in employment and 2-8% in earnings if employed. Pain might affect employment and earnings through increased likelihood of both sickness leave and early retirement.

CONCLUSION: Pain management could potentially be important to improve labor outcomes for adults with CP, in addition to improving the quality of life.

Department/s

  • Health Economics
  • LU Profile Area: Proactive Ageing
  • Centre for Economic Demography
  • Department of Economics
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
  • Living with a Disability: Research from a Public Health Perspective
  • CPUP - Children's Orthopedics Group
  • Orthopaedics (Lund)

Publishing year

2023-04-18

Language

English

Publication/Series

Disability and Health Journal

Volume

16

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Health Economics
  • Living with a Disability: Research from a Public Health Perspective
  • CPUP - Children's Orthopedics Group

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1936-6574