Work-related factors contributing to chronic disability in low back pain.

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Low back pain is a costly and incapacitating musculoskeletal disorder. Prospective studies documenting the capacity of work-related factors to predict chronicity are few in number, the methodology used is very diversified, and the results obtained diverge. The aim of the present study is to investigate the capacity of work-related objective (non-psychosocial) and psychosocial factors to predict chronic disability related to low back pain. A longitudinal prospective study with two measurement times was carried out. The sample (N = 258) consisted of workers with subacute low back pain who were on sick leave and receiving compensation from the CSST (Quebec Workers' Compensation Board). Of all the work-related variables measured, perceived stress and fears and beliefs about work were associated with return to work status at the six-month follow-up. The results obtained show the importance of considering fears and beliefs about work when identifying people in the subacute phase of low back pain who are at risk of developing chronic disability.

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Author/s: Soucy, Isabelle (I); Truchon, Manon (M); Côté, Denis (D);

Affiliation: School of Psychology, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Work (Reading, Mass.) (Work), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 26 (issue 3) : pp 313-26

Dates: Created 2006/05/24; Completed 2006/07/13; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16720972, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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