Aineiston nimi

Back Pain, Sickness Absences and Leg Length Discrepancy 2008

Aineistonumero

FSD3017

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3017

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Rannisto, Satu (Valmennustalo Sarastus)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey charted leg length discrepancy as a risk factor for back pain in both sitting and standing work. The connection between leg length discrepancy and back pain was investigated both by cross-sectional and by intervention design. The results from the cross-sectional design are presented in this data.

The cross-sectional part of the study examined the connection between leg length discrepancy and sick leave days caused by back pain. Employees who mainly stood at work were compared with employees who mostly sat. Employees who worked standing up worked in a butcher shop and employees who worked sitting down worked in customer service.

Leg length discrepancy was measured with a laser-based ultrasound method developed for the study, which is a non-invasive and fast method for reliably measuring limb discrepancy in standing position. Absences due to back pain, gender, and age were collected from the employer's register. In the questionnaire, the respondents were asked about their stress levels, symptoms of depression, work, smoking, and sleeping as well as their physical health and whether it inhibited their daily activities. They were also asked to evaluate their lower back and sciatica pain on the visual analogue scale (VAS).

Magnitude of lower back pain, magnitude of sciatica pain, number of days the respondent suffered from back pain, and the number of absence from work due to back pain (M50-54 in ICD-10) were chosen to be the outcome variables for the study.

Asiasanat

activities of daily living; back pain; depression; health; health status; job satisfaction; pain; physical activities; physical mobility; quality of life; sick leave; sleep; smoking; symptoms

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Medical and health sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Working conditions (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Rannisto, Satu (Valmennustalo Sarastus)

Ajallinen kattavuus

2008

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

Survey in 2007-2008, measurements in summer 2008 ( 2008 )

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland, Nurmo

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Employees over the age of 35 in Atria's food factory in Nurmo (Atria Finland Ltd, Nurmo), who worked in customer service or the butcher shop, and who had worked in the same tasks for at least 10 years (poislukien employees suffering from rheumatism and employees who had fractures in their legs)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Lähdeaineistot

Absences due to illness were gathered from the employer's register. Waist size and cholesterol values were received from employee health care.

Otantamenetelmä

Total universe/Complete enumeration

All employees in customer services (n=50) and the butcher shop (n=169), who fulfilled the criteria (at least 10 years in the same tasks, over 35 years of age) were selected for the survey.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Physical measurements and tests

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Technical instrument(s)

Vastausprosentti

Butcher shop 67.5

Customer service 68.0

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Datan versio

3.0

Katso myös

FSD3025 Back pain, Sickness Absences and Leg Length Discrepancy: Intervention 2008-2009

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data have been anonymised during archiving. During anonymisation variables height, weight, BMI, and age have been categorised, and extreme values of variable "waist size" have been recoded into broader categories. The exact ranges for categorised variables can be found in the description of these variables in the codebook.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Rannisto, Satu (Valmennustalo Sarastus): Back Pain, Sickness Absences and Leg Length Discrepancy 2008 [dataset]. Version 3.0 (2019-01-14). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3017

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

The development of the laser-based ultrasound method used for measuring leg length discrepancy is described in the article: Measurement of leg-length discrepancy using laser-based ultrasound method. Rannisto S, Paalanne N, Rannisto PH, Haapanen A, Oksaoja S, Uitti J, et al. Acta Radiologica, 2011; vol. 52, no 10, 1143-1146. doi: 10.1258/ar.2011.110268

Julkaisut aineistosta

Rannisto, Satu & Okuloff, Annaleena & Uitti, Jukka & Paananen, Markus & Rannisto, Pasi-Heikki & Malmivaara, Antti & Karppinen, Jaro (2015). Leg-length discrepancy is associated with low back pain among those who must stand while working. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 16, 110-116. doi: 10.1186/s12891-015-0571-9

Rannisto, Satu & Okuloff, Annaleena & Uitti, Jukka & Paananen, Markus & Rannisto, Pasi-Heikki & Malmivaara, Antti & Karppinen, Jaro (2019). Correction of leg-length discrepancy among meat cutters with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20:105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2478-3