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dc.contributor.authorFarbu, Erlend Hoftun
dc.contributor.authorSkandfer, Morten
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Christopher Sivert
dc.contributor.authorBrenn, Tormod
dc.contributor.authorStubhaug, Audun
dc.contributor.authorHöper, Anje Christina
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-17T14:49:54Z
dc.date.available2019-12-17T14:49:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-11
dc.description.abstract<i>Aim</i> - The aim of this study was to investigate if working in a cold environment and feeling cold at work are associated with chronic pain (ie, lasting ≥3 months).<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We used data from the sixth survey (2007–2008) of the Tromsø Study. Analyses included 6533 men and women aged 30–67 years who were not retired, not receiving full-time disability benefits and had no missing values. Associations between working in a cold environment, feeling cold at work and self-reported chronic pain were examined with logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, education, body mass index, insomnia, physical activity at work, leisure time physical activity and smoking.<p> <p><i>Results</i> - 779 participants reported working in a cold environment ≥25% of the time. This exposure was positively associated with pain at ≥3 sites (OR 1.57; 95% CI 1.23 to 2.01) and with neck, shoulder and leg pain, but not with pain at 1–2 sites. Feeling cold sometimes or often at work was associated with pain at ≥3 sites (OR 1.58; 95% CI 1.22 to 2.07 and OR 3.90; 95% CI 2.04 to 7.45, respectively). Feeling cold often at work was significantly and positively associated with pain at all sites except the hand, foot, stomach and head.<p> <p><i>Conclusion</i> - Working in a cold environment was significantly associated with chronic pain. The observed association was strongest for pain at musculoskeletal sites and for those who often felt cold at work.en_US
dc.identifier.citationFarbu, E.H., Skandfer, M., Nielsen, C.S., Brenn, T., Stubhaug, A. & Höper, A.C. (2019). Working in a cold environment, feeling cold at work and chronic pain: a cross-sectional analysis of the Tromsø Study. <i>BMJ Open, 9</i>, e031248.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1756673
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031248
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16959
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFarbu, E.H. (2021). Our climatic environment and pain. Exposure to cold environment at work and the weather in daily life. (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23297>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23297</a>
dc.relation.journalBMJ Open
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright The Author(s).
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine, Social medicine: 801en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin, sosialmedisin: 801en_US
dc.titleWorking in a cold environment, feeling cold at work and chronic pain: A cross-sectional analysis of the Tromsø Studyen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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