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Consequences and management of neck pain by female office workers: results of a survey and clinical assessment

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Title
Consequences and management of neck pain by female office workers: results of a survey and clinical assessment
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Archives of Physiotherapy, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40945-016-0023-3
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Venerina Johnston

Abstract

Neck pain is common in office workers. However, the functional consequences of this pain to the individual and how they are managed are not well known. The objective of this study is understand the impact of neck pain and the strategies female office workers use to manage their pain while remaining at work. Female office workers with neck pain (n = 174) completed a survey about the impact of their neck pain, with 51 attending a university clinic for further assessment. Consequences of neck pain were evaluated with questions on self-reported work absence, workers' compensation claims, health care use, impact on work and leisure activity, and management strategies. Responses to survey questions were analysed using descriptive analyses. The results showed that during the preceding 12 months, 57.5 % of participants had consulted a health professional due to neck pain; 42 % had reduced their leisure activities; 22.4 % had reduced their work activity and 20.7 % had been absent from work. Only 5.2 % had ever submitted a workers' compensation claim and 9 % indicated changing jobs due to neck pain. Of the 51 participants who attended for further assessment, 35.3 % indicated they 'self-managed' their neck pain with conventional medical strategies. Common strategies utilized were: prescription or over-the-counter medications (82.5 %), physiotherapy (64.7 %) and visiting their general medical practitioner (54.9 %). Although the severity of neck pain experienced by female office workers in this study was low, the impact on work and leisure was substantial. These workers tended to self-manage their pain by reducing work and/or leisure activity and utilizing passive coping strategies to remain at work. Physiotherapists are ideally suited to provide self-management strategies to ensure workers remain healthy while working.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 47 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 8 17%
Student > Master 7 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Other 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 19 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 9 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 15%
Engineering 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 2%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 21 45%
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#15,380,359
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#124
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#233,711
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Outputs of similar age from Archives of Physiotherapy
#4
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