Beliefs about back pain predict the recovery rate over 52 consecutive weeks

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-445

  Elfering, Achim ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^b   Jacobshagen, Nicola ^a   Tamcan, Oezguer ^a   Müller, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back pain belief; Low back pain; Multilevel model; Work performance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD; ANALGESIA; HEALTH BELIEF; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY;

AGED; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 73449087718     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1360     Document Type: Article

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