Efficacy of a patient-educational booklet for neck-pain patients with workers' compensation: A randomized controlled trial

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Derebery, Jane ^a   Giang, Geneva M ^a   Gatchel, Robert J ^b,d   Erickson, Kent ^c   Fogarty, Tom W ^a  

^a Concentra Health Services ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Arlington ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Education booklet; Neck pain; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NECK BOOK; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; THE NECK PAIN AND DISABILITY SCALE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; FEAR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 64049105817     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318193c9eb     Document Type: Article

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