Disabling musculoskeletal pain and its relation to somatization: A community-based postal survey

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Palmer, Keith T ^a   Calnan, Michael ^b   Wainwright, David ^b   Poole, Jason ^a   O'Neill, Claire ^b   Winterbottom, Anna ^b   Watkins, Chris ^b   Coggon, David ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Health Services Res Collab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm pain; Mental health; Somatizing tendency; Widespread pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 30744448422     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi142     Document Type: Article

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