Relationship between depressive symptoms and acute low back pain at first medical consultation, three and six weeks of primary care

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-246

  Elfering, Achim ^a   Käser, Anja ^a   Melloh, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

acute low back pain; depression; prognosis; prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891876864     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2013.780131     Document Type: Article

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