Characteristics of patients with chronic low back pain selected for surgery: A comparison with the general population reported from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1223-1230

  Hägg, Olle ^a   Fritzell, Peter ^b   Nordwall, Anders ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Control group; Depression; General population; Low back pain; Matched; Physical disability; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPINE FUSION; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036605875     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200206010-00015     Document Type: Article

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