Understanding Work Ability in Employees with Pain and Stress-Related Ill-Health: An Explorative Network Analysis of Individual Characteristics and Psychosocial Work Environment.

Purpose: There is a wide range of individual and work environment factors that influence work ability among workers with pain and stress-related ill-health. The multiple interactions and overlap between these factors are insufficiently understood, and a network approach could mitigate limitations of...

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Publicado en:Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 333 - 345
Autores principales: Zetterberg, Hedvig, Zhao, Xiang, Bergbom, Sofia, Golovchanova, Nadezhda, Flink, Ida, Boersma, Katja
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2025
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          Zetterberg, Hedvig
          Zhao, Xiang
          Bergbom, Sofia
          Golovchanova, Nadezhda
          Flink, Ida
          Boersma, Katja
        affil: https://ror.org/05kytsw45 The Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Behavioral, Social and Legal Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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          Work Capacity Evaluation
          Stress, Occupational
          Chronic Pain
          Employees Psychosocial Factors
          Work Environment Psychosocial Factors
          Health Status
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          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
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          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
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      ab: Purpose: There is a wide range of individual and work environment factors that influence work ability among workers with pain and stress-related ill-health. The multiple interactions and overlap between these factors are insufficiently understood, and a network approach could mitigate limitations of previous research. This pilot study aimed to explore interactions between individual characteristics and psychosocial work environment and potential links to long-term work ability. Methods: Prospective data from a prevention project was used. Individuals (N = 147) with pain and/or stress-related ill-health (95% women) at public sector workplaces filled out baseline questionnaires about a collection of individual and work environment factors, which were used for constructing undirected networks. The model was run in three subsamples of workplaces. Finally, a separate model was established with work ability at 6-month follow-up as outcome variable. A shortest pathway analysis was calculated to identify mediators of work ability. Results: Symptom catastrophizing and perceived stress were the most influential factors in all network models. Symptom catastrophizing and pain-disability risk were found to mediate the relation between perceived stress and long-term work ability. Further, demand-control-support factors were interrelated, and patterns of interaction differed between different types of workplaces. Conclusion: The findings support the importance of individual factors, specifically symptom catastrophizing in an individual's coping with pain or stress-problems and its influence on long-term work ability. Catastrophizing might play a role in stress-related disorders which should be further investigated. Individual and work environment factors interact and vary across context, which needs to be taken into consideration to prevent pain and stress-related ill-health at work.
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