ONE IN FOUR AMERICANS SUFFER FROM PAIN AILMENTS

Released on: May 8, 2008, 1:50 am

Press Release Author: Michael Corvin

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: A recent study published in the British journal the Lancet,
show that more than a quarter of the American population suffer daily pain. In
addition to this, about $60 billion a year are lost are lost for productivity.

Press Release Body: A recent study published in the British journal the Lancet, show
that more than a quarter of the American population suffer daily pain. In addition
to this, about $60 billion a year are lost are lost for productivity. These
computations are based on the amount of paycheck and the frequency of pain. The
study was conducted by the researchers led by Princeton economist Alan Krueger and
Stony Brook University psychiatry professor Dr. Arthur Stone.

The research based its computations on the amount of salary and frequency of pain
among household members. In general Americans earn about $30,000 annually and
experience moderate to severe pain about 20 percent of their lives.

Krueger notes the type of pain among individuals vary from one person to another and
on either side of the rich-people poor divide. \"Those with higher incomes welcome
pain almost by choice, usually through exercise,\" he says. \"At lower incomes, pain
comes as the result of work.\" Indeed, Krueger and Stone found that blue-collar
workers felt more pain, from physical labor or repetitive motion, while on the job
than off, which at least offers hope that the problem can be mitigated. This finding
\"focuses on the need for pain preventing measures in the work place like better
ergonomics,\" wrote Juha H.O. Turunen, a professor of social pharmacy at Finland\'s
University of Kuopio, in an accompanying commentary to the report.

In addition to this, the study found out that individuals with chronic pain also
discovered that it's costing U.S. businesses as much as $60 billion annually. These
factors are based on previous studies on productivity lost to common pain
conditions, which includes a 2003 report finding that nearly 15% of the U.S.
workforce\'s output was affected by chronic pain conditions like headaches and
arthritis. The Kruger and Stone study on the other hand add that the level of detail
which the researchers where able to account the loves of Americans who experience
pain. Aided by a polling firm Gallup, they asked close to 4,000 people to record
their daily activities. The researchers used the personal accounts to evaluate the
people's emotional conditions. Though participants said interacting with a spouse or
friend lowered their pain, those suffering chronic pain tended to socialize much
less.

The Krueger and Stone study suggests that men and women are almost equally likely to
experience pain. Age is another factor. People reported they experience more pains
and aches as they got older, though surprisingly that pain tended to plateau from
ages 45 to 75. \"Maybe people reach a point in their career where they move up the
ladder into a desk job,\" Krueger says. \"Or maybe they\'ve just learned how to cope
with the pain.\"


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