JAMA

Improve Productivity and Reduce Injuries.

According to a 2003 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 12.6% of U.S. workers experience a loss of productivity due to the following pain conditions: 5.4% headache; 3.2% back pain; 2.0% musculoskeletal pain; and 2.0% arthritis pain. The study further reports an average loss of 4.6 hours per week per person who experiences debilitating pain. Since the majority of this loss is at work as reported, then employers are losing an average of 3.5 hours per week, or 23 days per year, of productive time when a worker is in pain (76.6% x 4.6 hours).