Does the presence of psychosocial yellow flags alter patient-provider communication for work-related, acute low back pain?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1032-1040

  Shaw, William S ^a,b   Pransky, Glenn ^a,b   Winters, Thomas ^a,c   Tveito, Torill H ^d   Larson, Susan M ^e   Roter, Debra L ^e  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Occupational and Environmental Health Network   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

IRIS PSEUDACORUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70349656978     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b2f539     Document Type: Article

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