Rural workers' experience of low back pain: Exploring why they continue to work

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-409

  Dean, Sarah G ^a,b   Hudson, Sheena ^a   Hay Smith, E Jean C ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interpretative phenomenological analysis; Low back pain; Mixed methods research; Psychology; Workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; WORK;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; WORK;

EID: 84856685380     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9275-z     Document Type: Article

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