Long-term adjustment to work-related low back pain: Associations with socio-demographics, claim processes, and post-settlement adjustment

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1378-1388

  Chibnall, John T ^a   Tait, Raymond C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disability evaluation; Treatment outcomes; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 70949084798     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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