Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions among Greenland's care home residents.

Background: As lifetime expectancy in Greenland is steadily increasing, so is the proportion of elderly Greenlanders. Old age is associated with polypharmacy, and in this study, we aim to describe the prevalence and characteristics of polypharmacy among the care home residents in Greenland.

Methods: Eight care homes in Greenland were visited between 2010 and 2016.

Sickness absence and permanent work disability in relation to upper- and lower-body pain and occupational mechanical and psychosocial exposures.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine if combined pain (pain in the upper and lower body), high occupational mechanical exposures, and job strain predict sickness absence and permanent work disability, particularly if co-occurring.

Methods: This longitudinal study was based on the musculoskeletal research database at the Danish Ramazzini Centre. We linked baseline information from 2001-2004 on musculoskeletal pain, job titles, and covariates with register information on sickness absence and permanent work disability.

Combined musculoskeletal pain in the upper and lower body: associations with occupational mechanical and psychosocial exposures.

Purpose: Pain in more than one site is common in working populations. We aimed to characterise combined pain (pain in the upper and lower body) and to evaluate whether the prevalence of combined pain is positively related to combined occupational mechanical exposures to the upper and lower body and to high psychosocial job strain.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on questionnaire data from the Musculoskeletal Research Database at the Danish Ramazzini Centre.