Predictors of stable return-to-work in non-acute, non-specific spinal pain: Low total prior sick-listing, high self prediction and young age. A two-year prospective cohort study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lindell, Odd ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Strender, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACK PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 77954684103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-53     Document Type: Article

References (70)

1. Sickness absence due to back and neck disorders. T Hansson I Jensen, Sickness absence - causes, consequences, and physicians' sickness-certification practice Scand J Public Health, Alexanderson K, Norlund A, 2004 32 Suppl 63 109 151
2. Newly awarded disability pensions. Distribution between counties and diagnoses, 2006. [Swedish; Nybeviljade sjukersättningar/ aktivitetsersättningar. Fördelning på län och diagnos, 2006] Social Insurance in Sweden. Statistics 2007 7 http://statistik. forsakringskassan.se/rfvexcel/statpub/Statistik-2007-02.pdf [In Swedish; Försäkringskassan. Statistik 2007:7]
3. Key trends and outcomes. Sickness, Disability and Work. Keeping on track in the economic downturn OECD, Directorate for employment, labour and social affairs, Background paper: High-Level Forum, Stockholm 2009 http://www.oecd.org/ dataoecd/42/15/42699911.pdf
4. Clinical guidelines. G Waddell M van Tulder, Back Pain Revolution Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, Waddell G, 2 2004 283 322
5. Determinants of "return to work in good health" among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: a 2-year prospective study. CE Dionne R Bourbonnais P Frémont M Rossignol SR Stock A Nouwen I Larocque E Demers, Eur Spine J 2007 16 641 655 10.1007/s00586-006-0180-2 16868783
6. Physical performance tests and spinal pain. Assessing impairments and activity limitations. T Ljungquist, PhD thesis Division of Physiotherapy, Neurotec Department, and Section for Personal Injury Prevention, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 2002
7. Rehabilitation following first-time lumbar disc surgery: a systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane collaboration. RW Ostelo HC de Ver G Waddell MR Kerckhoffs P Leffers M van Tulder, Spine 2003 28 209 218 10.1097/00007632-200302010-00003 12567020
8. The biopsychosocial model. G Waddell, Back Pain Revolution Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, Waddell G, 2 2004 265 282
9. Subacute and chronic, non-specific back and neck pain: cognitive-behavioural rehabilitation versus primary care. A randomized controlled trial. O Lindell SE Johansson LE Strender, BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2008 9 172 10.1186/1471-2474-9-172 19116007
10. Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy. W Platzer, Locomotor system Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart 1978 1 141
11. The reliability of a 10-test package for patients with prolonged back and neck pain: Could an examiner without formal medical education be used without loss of quality? A methodological study. O Lindell L Eriksson LE Strender, BMC Musculoskel Disord 2007 8 31 10.1186/1471-2474-8-31 (Pubitemid 46668087)
12. Predictive factors for disability pension - an 11-year follow up of young persons on sick leave due to neck, shoulder or back diagnoses. K Borg G Hensing K Alexandersson, Scand J Public Health 2001 29 104 112 10.1177/ 14034948010290020701 11484862
13. Do GPs sick-list patients to a lesser extent than other physician categories? A population-based study. B Arrelöv L Borgquist D Ljungberg K Svärdsudd, Fam Pract 2001 18 393 398 10.1093/fampra/18.4.393 11477046
14. Vocational rehabilitation in northern Sweden. II. Some psycho-socio-demographic predictors. M Eklund AR Fugl-Meyer, Scand J Rehab Med 1991 23 73 82
15. Can we screen for problematic back pain? A screening questionnaire for predicting outcome in acute and subacute back pain. SJ Linton K Halldén, Clin J Pain 1998 14 209 215 10.1097/00002508-199809000-00007 9758070
16. StataCorp, Stata Statistical Software: Release 9 College Station, TX: StataCorp LP 2005
17. Predicting return to work for lower back pain patients receiving worker's compensation. J Lancourt M Kettelhut, Spine 1992 17 629 640 10.1097/00007632-199206000-00002 1385657
18. DW Hosmer S Lemeshow, Applied logistic regression New York: John Wiley & Sons 2 2000
19. Logistic regression in the medical litterature: Standard for use and reporting, with particular attention to one medical domain. SC Bagley H White BA Golomb, J Clin Epidemiol 2001 54 979 985 10.1016/S0895-4356(01)00372-9 11576808
20. A simulation study of the number of events per variable in logistic regression analysis. P Peduzzi J Concato E Kemper TR Holford AR Feinstein, J Clin Epidemiol 1996 49 1373 1379 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00236-3 8970487
21. Predictors for work ability and disability in men and women with low-back or neck problems. E Hansson T Hansson R Jonsson, Eur Spine J 2006 15 780 793 10.1007/s00586-004-0863-5 15937677
22. Living conditions. Appendix 16. The Swedish Survey of Living Conditions. Design and methods Official Statistics of Sweden. Statistics Sweden http://www.scb.se/statistik/LE/LE0101/-dokument/Appendix-16.PDF
23. Factors affecting first return to work following a compensable occupational injury. A Oleinick JV Gluck K Guire, Am J Ind Med 1996 30 540 555 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199611)30:5<540::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-X 8909603
24. Socioeconomic factors and disability retirement from back pain: a 1983-1993 population-based prospective study in Norway. KB Hagen HH Holte K Tambs T Bjerkedal, Spine 2000 25 2480 2487 10.1097/00007632-200010010-00010 11013500
25. Prediction of return-to-work of low back pain patients sicklisted for 3-4 months. AM van der Giezen LM Bouter FJ Nijhuis, Pain 2000 87 285 294 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00292-X 10963908
26. Psychosocial job factors and return-to-work after compensated low back injury: a disability phase-specific analysis. N Krause LK Dasinger LJ Deegan L Rudolph RJ Brand, Am J Ind Med 2001 40 374 392 10.1002/ajim.1112 11598987
27. Risk of disability pension in relation to gender and age in a Swedish county; a 12-year population based, prospective cohort study. N Karlsson K Borg J Carstensen G Hensing K Alexanderson, Work 2006 27 173 179 16971764
28. A clinical return-to-work rule for patients with back pain. CE Dionne R Bourbonnais P Frémont M Rossignol SR Stock I Larocque, CMAJ 2005 172 1559 1567 15939915
29. Patients at risk for long-term sick leave because of low back pain. M Du Bois M Szpalski P Donceel, Spine 2009 9 350 359 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.07.003
30. Physical workplace factors and return to work after compensated low back injury: a disability phase-specific analysis. LK Dasinger N Krause LJ Deegan RJ Brand L Rudolph, J Occup Environ Med 2000 42 323 333 10.1097/00043764-200003000- 00015 10738711
31. Occupational heath guidelines for the management of low back pain at work: evidence review. G Waddell K Burton, Occup Med 2001 51 124 135 10.1093/occmed/51.2.124 (Pubitemid 32284910)
32. Risk factors for new episodes of sick leave due to neck or back pain in a working population. A prospective study with an 18-month and a three-year follow-up. G Bergström L Bodin H Bertilsson IB Jensen, J Occup Environ Med 2007 64 279 287
33. Do smokers get more back pain? HC Boshuizen JH Verbeek JP Broersen AN Weel, Spine 1993 18 35 40 10.1097/00007632-199301000-00007 8434323
34. The effects of common medical interventions on pain, back function, and work resumption in patients with chronic low back pain: A prospective 2-year cohort study in six countries. TH Hansson EK Hansson, Spine 2000 25 3055 3064 10.1097/00007632-200012010-00013 11145817
35. A review of the association between cigarette smoking and the development of nonspecific back pain and related outcomes. MS Goldberg SC Scott NE Mayo, Spine 2000 25 995 1014 10.1097/00007632-200004150-00016 10767814
36. Is smoking and alcohol consumption associated with long-term sick leave due to unspecific back or neck pain among employees in the public sector? Results of a three-year follow-up cohort study. E Skillgate E Vingård M Josephson LW Holm L Alfredsson, J Rehabil Med 2009 41 550 556 10.2340/16501977-0370 19543666
37. Risk factors associated with the transition from acute to chronic occupational back pain. M Fransen M Woodward R Norton C Coggan M Dawe N Sheridan, Spine 2002 27 92 98 10.1097/00007632-200201010-00022 11805644
38. The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire. JC Fairbank J Couper JB Davies JP O'Brien, Physiotherapy 1980 66 271 273 6450426
39. The Oswestry disability index. JC Fairbank PB Pynsent, Spine 2000 25 2940 2953 10.1097/00007632-200011150-00017 11074683
40. Patients at risk for long-term sick leave because of low back pain. M Du Bois M Szpalski P Donceel, Spine 2009 9 350 359 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.07.003
41. Primary care consultation, hospital admission, sick leave and disability pension owing to neck and low back pain: a 12-year prospective cohort study in a rural population. SA Holmberg AG Thelin, BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2006 7 66 10.1186/1471-2474-7-66 16907991
42. Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. K Demyttenaere R Bruffaerts S Lee J Posada-Villa V Kovess MC Angermeyer D Levinson G de Girolamo H Nakane Z Mneimneh C Lara R de Graaf KM Scott O Gureje DJ Stein JM Haro EJ Bromet RC Kessler J Alonso M Von Korff, Pain 2007 129 332 342 10.1016/j.pain.2007.01.022 17350169 (Pubitemid 46778782)
43. Comprehensive review of epidemiology, scope, and impact of spinal pain. L Manchikanti V Singh S Datta SP Cohen JA Hirsch, Pain Physician 2009 12 35 70 19668291
44. Spectrum bias - why clinicians need to be cautious when applying diagnostic test studies. BH Willis, Family Practice 2008 25 390 396 10.1093/fampra/cmn051 18765409
45. The effect of graded activity on patients with sub-acute low back pain: a randomized prospective clinical study with an operant-conditioning behavioral approach. I Lindström C hlund C Eek L Wallin LE Peterson WE Fordyce A Nachemson, Phys Ther 1992 72 279 293 1533941
46. A population-based, randomized clinical trial on back pain management. P Loisel L Abenhaim P Durand JM Esdaile S Suissa L Gosselin R Simard J Turcotte J Lemaire, Spine 1997 22 2911 2918 10.1097/00007632-199712150-00014 9431627
47. A 3-year follow-up of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme for back and neck pain. IB Jensen G Bergstrom T Ljungquist L Bodin, Pain 2005 115 273 283 10.1016/j.pain.2005.03.005 15911154
48. Prognostic factors for duration of sick leave in patients sick listed with acute low back pain: a systematic review of the literature. IA Steenstra JH Verbeek MW Heymans PM Bongers, Occup Environ Med 2005 62 851 860 10.1136/oem.2004.015842 16299094
49. Return-to-work interventions for low back pain: a descriptive review of contents and concepts of working mechanisms. J Staal H Hlobil MW van Tulder AJ Köke T Smid W van Mechelen, Sports Med 2002 32 251 267 10.2165/00007256- 200232040-00004 11929354
50. Risk and prognostic factors for non-specific musculoskeletal pain: a synthesis of evidence from systematic reviews classified into ICF dimensions. SE Lakke R Soer T Takken MF Reneman, Pain 2009 147 153 164 10.1016/j.pain.2009.08. 032 19800735
51. Measuring return to work. R Wasiak AE Young RT Roessler KM McPherson MN van Poppel JR Anema, J Occup Rehabil 2007 17 766 781 10.1007/s10926-007-9101-4 17929149
52. Rehabilitation. G Waddell PJ Watson, Back Pain Revolution Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, Waddell G, 2 2004 371 399
53. Medical, social and occupational history as risk indicators for low-back trouble in a general population. F Biering-Sørensen C Thomsen, Spine 1986 11 720 725 10.1097/00007632-198609000-00011 2947336
54. Parenthood, gender and sickness absence. A Mastekaasa, Soc Sci Med 2000 50 1827 1842 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00420-7 10798335
55. Back pain, back abnormalities, and competing medical, psychological, and social factors as predictors of sick leave, early retirement, unemployment, labour turnover and mortality: a 22 year follow up of male employees in a Swedish pulp and paper company. NE strand SO Isacsson, Br J Ind Med 1988 45 387 395 2969262
56. A review of social influences on neck and back pain and disability. G Waddell H Waddell, Neck and back pain. The scientific evidence of causes, diagnosis, and treatment Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Williams, Nachemson A, Jonson E, 2000 13 55
57. Risk factors for neck and back pain in a working population in Sweden. SJ Linton, Work & Stress 1990 4 41 49
58. The influence on seeking care because of neck and shoulder disorders from work-related exposures. EW Tornqvist A Kilbom E Vingård L Alfredsson M Hagberg T Theorell M Waldenström C Wiktorin C Hogstedt MUSIC-Norrtälje Study Group, Epidemiology 2001 12 537 545 10.1097/00001648-200109000-00013 11505173
59. Effect of psychosocial factors on low back pain in industrial workers. M Ghaffari A Alipour AA Farshad I Jensen M Josephson E Vingård, Occup Med 2008 58 341 347 10.1093/occmed/kqn006
60. Changes in job strain in relation to changes in psychological state: a longitudinal study. T Theorell A Perski T kerstedt, Scand J Work Environ Health 1988 14 189 196 3393855
61. Systematic review of psychosocial factors at work and private life as risk factors for back pain. WE Hoogendoorn MN van Poppel PM Bongers BW Koes LM Bouter, Spine 2000 25 2114 2125 10.1097/00007632-200008150-00017 10954644
62. Return to work following vocational rehabilitation for neck, back and shoulder problems: risk factors reviewed. J Selander SU Marnetoft A Bergroth J Ekholm, Disabil Rehabil 2002 24 704 712 10.1080/09638280210124284 12396655
63. Pending litigation and rehabilitation outcome of chronic low back pain. P Trief M Stein, Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1985 66 95 99 3155940
64. A comparative study of two methods for the measurement of alcohol consumption in the general population. A Romelsjö H Leifman S Nyström, Int J Epidemiol 1995 24 929 936 10.1093/ije/24.5.929 8557449
65. Risk factors for recurrent episodes of work-related low back disorders in an industrial population. DM Oleske SA Lavender GB Andersson MJ Morrissey P Zold-Kilbourn C Allen E Taylor, Spine 2006 31 789 798 10.1097/01.brs.0000207017. 30490.28 16582853
66. Prevalence of obesity in Sweden. M Neovius A Janson S Rössner, Obes Rev 2006 7 1 3 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2006.00190.x 16436097
67. The Swedish SF-36 Health Survey. I. Evaluation of data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability and construct validity across general populations in Sweden. M Sullivan J Karlsson JE Ware Jr, Soc Sci Med 1995 41 1349 1358 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00125-Q 8560302
68. Association of comorbidity and outcome in episodes of nonspecific low back pain in occupational populations. M Nordin R Hiebert M Pietrek M Alexander M Crane S Lewis, J Occup Environ Med 2002 44 677 684 10.1097/00043764-200207000- 00015 12134532
69. Compensation, work status, and disability in low back pain patients. PL Sanderson BD Todd GR Holt CJ Getty, Spine 1995 20 554 556 10.1097/00007632- 199503010-00009 7604324
70. Coping strategies questionnaire (CSQ): reliability of the Swedish Version of the CSQ. IB Jensen SJ Linton, Scand J Behaviour Therapy 1993 22 139 145