Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
Pain and labor outcomes : A longitudinal study of adults with cerebral palsy in Sweden
Author
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