Predictors of sickness absence in patients with a new episode of low back pain in primary care

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 288-298

  Melloh, Markus ^a   Elfering, Achim ^b   Salathé, Cornelia Rolli ^b   Käser, Anja ^b   Barz, Thomas ^c   Röder, Christoph ^b   Theis, Jean Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Asklepios Klinikum Uckermark   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Predictors; Prognosis; Prospective cohort study; Resources; Risk factors; Sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864998191     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1335     Document Type: Article

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