Fear avoidance beliefs influence duration of sick leave in Spanish low back pain patients

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 1761-1766

  Kovacs, Francisco M ^a   Muriel, Alfonso ^b   Sánchez, María Dolores Castillo ^c   Medina, José María ^d   Royuela, Ana ^b   Ruíz, José Luis Martín ^c   Fernández, Carmen ^c   Olabe, Javier ^c   Gómez, Patricia Ibáñez ^c   Abraira, Víctor ^c   Ortigosa, Lourdes ^c   Bermejo, Antonio López ^c   Díaz, Mateo Seguí ^c   Ruber, Pablo Tobajas ^c   Ortega, Mariano ^c   Luján, Luis González ^c   Villa, Luis Cuesta ^c   Urzelai, Violeta González ^c   Arsegol, Monserrat Cañellas ^c   Estela, Guillermo Ripoll ^c   Núñez, Monserrat ^c   Rosselló, Juan Femenías ^c   Presedo, Manel Carro ^c   Galovich, Luis Alvarez ^c   Bohorquez, Elena Rodríguez ^c   Martín, Ma Angeles Usero ^c   De Los Monteros, Ma Teresa León Espinosa ^c   Martín, Agustín Martín ^c   Calatayud, Montserrat ^c   Ferrarons, Jordi Troy ^c   Elua, Loreto Palacio ^c   Serrra, Catalina Mateu ^c   Ripoll, Jaime ^c   Castillo, Angels Sanjuan ^c   Gestoso, Mario ^c   Pino, Margarita Martín ^c   Vechierinni, Nicole Mufraggi ^c   Del Real, María Teresa Gil ^c   Moix, Jenny ^c   Zamora, Javier ^c   more..

^a Fundacion Kovacs   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Delegación Provincial de Asuntos Sociales de Granada ^*

^d Centro de Salud Gran Capitán   (Spain)

Author keywords

Determinants; Fear avoidance beliefs; Low back pain; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG PAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SICK LEAVE; SPAIN;

EID: 34447509467     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180b9f5f7     Document Type: Article

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