Our climatic environment and pain. Exposure to cold environment at work and the weather in daily life
Chronic pain is a major health challenge, and musculoskeletal pain is among the main contributors to years lived with disability worldwide. Earlier research found an association between cold exposure at work and musculoskeletal pain. However, the literature is scarce, especially regarding chronic pa...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23297 2023-05-15T18:34:53+02:00 Our climatic environment and pain. Exposure to cold environment at work and the weather in daily life Farbu, Erlend Hoftun 2021-12-20 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23297 eng eng UiT The Arctic University of Norway UiT Norges arktiske universitet Paper 1: Farbu, 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. BMJ Open, 9 , e031248. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16959 . Paper 2: Farbu, E.H., Höper, A.C., Brenn, T. & Skandfer, M. (2021). Is working in a cold environment associated with musculoskeletal complaints 7-8 years later? A longitudinal analysis from The Tromsø Study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 94 , 611-619. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20242 . Paper 3: Farbu EH, Rypdal M, Skandfer M, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, T Brenn, Stubhaug A, Sivert Nielsen C, Höper, AC. To tolerate weather and to tolerate pain – two sides of the same coin? The Tromsø Study 7. (Accepted manuscript). To be published in Pain, 2021 , to be available at https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002437 . https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23297 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Epidemiology medical and dental statistics: 803 VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 Tromsøundersøkelsen The Tromsø Study DOKTOR-003 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2021 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-12-08T23:55:19Z Chronic pain is a major health challenge, and musculoskeletal pain is among the main contributors to years lived with disability worldwide. Earlier research found an association between cold exposure at work and musculoskeletal pain. However, the literature is scarce, especially regarding chronic pain. It is a common belief that weather affects pain experience, but the literature on this topic is conflicting, and many researchers have concluded that there is no association. Therefore, the aims of this thesis are to study whether cold exposure at work is associated with chronic pain, and if weather affects pain tolerance. The results indicate that cold exposure at work is a risk factor for chronic pain and musculoskeletal complaints. Those working in a cold environment ≥25% of the time had more chronic pain, and the association was strongest for those who felt cold often. Those working in cold environment ≥25% of the time also had an increased risk of future musculoskeletal complaints. Cold pain tolerance was highest in the winter. There was a non-random variation in pressure pain tolerance. The timescale of this variation was 5.1 days (95% confidence interval: 4.0-7.2), which is similar to that of the meteorological variables studied. Further, both pressure pain tolerance and cold pain tolerance correlated with meteorological variables. These correlations changed over time and temperature and barometric pressure predicted future values of pressure pain tolerance. Taken together, these findings suggest that weather affects pain tolerance in a dynamic non-linear way. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Tromsø |
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Chronic pain is a major health challenge, and musculoskeletal pain is among the main contributors to years lived with disability worldwide. Earlier research found an association between cold exposure at work and musculoskeletal pain. However, the literature is scarce, especially regarding chronic pain. It is a common belief that weather affects pain experience, but the literature on this topic is conflicting, and many researchers have concluded that there is no association. Therefore, the aims of this thesis are to study whether cold exposure at work is associated with chronic pain, and if weather affects pain tolerance. The results indicate that cold exposure at work is a risk factor for chronic pain and musculoskeletal complaints. Those working in a cold environment ≥25% of the time had more chronic pain, and the association was strongest for those who felt cold often. Those working in cold environment ≥25% of the time also had an increased risk of future musculoskeletal complaints. Cold pain tolerance was highest in the winter. There was a non-random variation in pressure pain tolerance. The timescale of this variation was 5.1 days (95% confidence interval: 4.0-7.2), which is similar to that of the meteorological variables studied. Further, both pressure pain tolerance and cold pain tolerance correlated with meteorological variables. These correlations changed over time and temperature and barometric pressure predicted future values of pressure pain tolerance. Taken together, these findings suggest that weather affects pain tolerance in a dynamic non-linear way. |
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Paper 1: Farbu, 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. BMJ Open, 9 , e031248. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16959 . Paper 2: Farbu, E.H., Höper, A.C., Brenn, T. & Skandfer, M. (2021). Is working in a cold environment associated with musculoskeletal complaints 7-8 years later? A longitudinal analysis from The Tromsø Study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 94 , 611-619. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20242 . Paper 3: Farbu EH, Rypdal M, Skandfer M, Steingrímsdóttir ÓA, T Brenn, Stubhaug A, Sivert Nielsen C, Höper, AC. To tolerate weather and to tolerate pain – two sides of the same coin? The Tromsø Study 7. (Accepted manuscript). To be published in Pain, 2021 , to be available at https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002437 . https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23297 |
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