Staying at Work with Musculoskeletal Pain in a Physically Demanding Job: A Qualitative Exploration of Workers’ and Managers’ Perspectives – Summary by Liv Harley Street Hospital
CONCLUSION: The identified themes describe helpful and unhelpful beliefs and practices involving individual workers, their co-workers and managers. Shared and unshared cultural norms, understandings of what MSK pain is and means, and perceptions of responsibility drive stay-at-work practices, with trust being an important factor for the precarious balance between workplace support and pressure to stay at work.
