Investigating risk factors for chronicity: The importance of distinguishing between return-to-work status and self-report measures of disability

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-318

  Gauthier, Nathalie ^a   Sullivan, Michael J L ^a   Adams, Heather ^a   Stanish, William D ^b   Thibault, Pascal ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CHRONICITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOPHOBIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33645543629     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000184870.81120.49     Document Type: Article

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