Low back pain media campaign: No effect on sickness behaviour

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Werner, Erik L ^a,b   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^c   Lærum, Even ^d   Wormgoor, Marjon E A ^b   Indahl, Aage ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Hospital for Rehabilitation   (Norway)

^c The Research Unit   (Norway)

^d The Norwegian Back Pain Network   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beliefs about low back pain; Media campaign; Myths; Sickness behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMAGING SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; X RAY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 41349098111     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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