The relationship between pain, disability, quality of life and cognitive-behavioural factors in chronic back pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1993-2000

  Scholich, Sarah L ^a   Hallner, Dirk ^a   Wittenberg, Ralf H ^b   Hasenbring, Monika I ^a   Rusu, Adina C ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital Herten GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Pain; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866911124     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.667187     Document Type: Article

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