Severe pain is the major cause of absenteeism from work.

-is the first time that accurate data on the influence that has pain in the Spanish work habits are known

– according to this article, one in five Spanish with severe pain may not work for this cause

-patients with severe pain are reduced his work performance up to six times more than workers who do not suffer

-connection to absence from work, people with daily pain are absent up to 16 times its working

-this study concludes that pain is the main reason for absenteeism than other disorders such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease

Spain, January 2012- CHANGE PAIN makes available to the scientific community this publication on the relationship between the intensity and frequency of the pain and the work of the Spaniards, taking into account three factors: participation in the labour market, the decline in performance in the workplace and work absenteeism.

According to the conclusions drawn from this study, severe pain is positioned as the main reason for absenteeism than other disorders such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease.

According to Dr. Miguel Angel Ruiz Iban, the service of trauma and orthopaedic surgery at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, this study allows us, for the first time to obtain precise data on the influence that has pain in the Spanish work habits and work in Spain. This gives the opportunity to specialists to know the real impact of pain on labour ”.

With regard to participation in the labour market, one in five Spanish who suffer from severe pain may not work because of this pain, forcing many of them to be excluded from the labour market. Among those who suffer this type of pain and that work, there is a higher percentage making it on time partial, if pain prevents them from working full-time. In addition, rare are those who work as self-employed.

On the other hand, Dr. Ruiz Ibán points out that the current economic situation makes that persons suffering from pain of mild to moderate form continue to maintain a similar to the general activity, for fear of losing his job ”. This circumstance could lead to an increase of presenteeism in the workplace, its performance to be less because of pain.

Also, statistics concerning absenteeism provide the most revealing data. People with daily pain are absent from their jobs up to 16 times more than the rest of respondents.

This study is part of others promoted by CHANGE PAIN in order to raise the health community and society in general medical needs still unmet in the approach of severe chronic pain. According to the conclusions of the same, the pain has a big impact in all aspects of the labour market, since access to the quality of their work, which reinforces the importance of its adequate boarding and treatment in order to improve the quality of life, both as working personally, of the patient ”, emphasizes Dr. Miguel Ángel Ruiz Iban.

1 in 5 Spanish with severe pain are out of work for this reason
… under performance in the workplace (Presenteeism) ….

People with severe pain reduced its performance up to 6 times more
… absenteeism ….

People with daily pain are absent from their jobs
up to 16 times more

– do you know that pain …

… is the main reason for absenteeism than other conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease?