Sickness Absence from Work among Persons with New Physician-Diagnosed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Population-Based Matched-Cohort Study.

Summary, in English

Carpal tunnel syndrome is common among employed persons. Data on sickness absence from work in relation to carpal tunnel syndrome have been usually based on self-report and derived from clinical or occupational populations. We aimed to determine sickness absence among persons with physician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome as compared to the general population.

• Author: Isam Atroshi; Caddie Zhou; Anna Jöud; Ingemar Petersson; Martin Englund
• Department/s: EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health; Orthopaedics (Lund); Epidemiology; Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: PLoS ONE
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Full text: - 303 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25803841?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119795
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Topic: Environmental Health and Occupational Health; Orthopedics
• Status: Published
• Research group: Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1932-6203