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Bad jobs 'a pain in the back'
Queensland, April 01: A new study, led by Queensland University, has shown that if one is unhappy with one's job, chances are that one could take longer to recover from a back pain than one's less-stressed peers in the office.
According to the researchers, people working in a high-demand but low-control office environment, or who had an unhelpful management style at work, are more likely to suffer from lower back pain because of "biopsychosocial" factors.
"In fact, the biopsychosocial model, which recognises the importance of biological, psychological and social factors in illnesses is now understood to be central in understanding human health in general, and pain in particular," lead author Dr Nick Penney said.
To gauge how accurate social and psychological factors were at predicting the recovery outcome of lower back pain, the researchers developed a questionnaire that was answered by 91 research participants in Australia and 40 from New Zealand.
-Agencies
Queensland, April 01: A new study, led by Queensland University, has shown that if one is unhappy with one's job, chances are that one could take longer to recover from a back pain than one's less-stressed peers in the office.
According to the researchers, people working in a high-demand but low-control office environment, or who had an unhelpful management style at work, are more likely to suffer from lower back pain because of "biopsychosocial" factors.
"In fact, the biopsychosocial model, which recognises the importance of biological, psychological and social factors in illnesses is now understood to be central in understanding human health in general, and pain in particular," lead author Dr Nick Penney said.
To gauge how accurate social and psychological factors were at predicting the recovery outcome of lower back pain, the researchers developed a questionnaire that was answered by 91 research participants in Australia and 40 from New Zealand.
-Agencies