Psychological covariates of longitudinal changes in back-related disability in patients undergoing acupuncture

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 254-264

  Bishop, Felicity L ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^a   Prescott, Philip ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^c   Little, Paul ^d   Lewith, George T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Mathematics   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Attitudes; Back pain; Fear of pain; Health knowledge; Practice; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CATASTROPHIZING; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORK; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CATASTROPHIZATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922735068     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000108     Document Type: Article

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