Managing pain in the workplace: A focus group study of challenges, strategies and what matters most to workers with low back pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2035-2045

  Tveito, Torill Helene ^a,b,c   Shaw, William S ^b   Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^b   Nicholas, Michael ^d   Wagner, Gregory ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c Uni Health   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

focus groups; Low back pain; qualitative; self management; workplace

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77958570824     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638281003797398     Document Type: Article

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