Association of Sociodemographic Factors and Prolonged Recovery Time from Work Disability in Patients with Cervical Sprain in Obregon City, Mexico

Background: Work disability is a medical certification that considers both physical factors and psychophysical conditions of the worker and work conditions. Exceeding the recovery time means a prolonged disability. The most frequent pathologies that incapacitate are cervical injuries (30%), with cervical sprain being the most common. Objective: To determine the association between sociodemographic factors and prolonged time of recovery from disability in patients with a diagnosis of cervical sprain grade 1 and 2 in Obregon City, Mexico. Methods: An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in the family medicine unit 1 from Obregon City, Mexico. Medical records of 376 disabled workers due to grade 1 and 2 cervical sprain were reviewed. In the bivariate analysis, odds ratio and Chi-Square with a confidence interval of 95% was implemented, a p <0.05 was considered significant Results: Of the 376 disabilities due to general illness, 144(46.6%) were prolonged and 165(53.4%) not prolonged. In disabilities for work risk, 44(65.7%) were prolonged and 23(34.3%) not prolonged, this difference was significative (p=0.005). Conclusions: The variable more associated with prolonged disability wastype of disability (work risk).