ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2011
Self-efficacy and health locus of control: relationship to occupational disability among workers with back pain.
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- Exploring pain phenotypes in workers with chronic low back pain: Application of IMMPACT recommendations.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2021Article
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- The Effect of Self-Efficacy on Return-to-Work Outcomes for Workers with Psychological or Upper-Body Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Review of the Literature.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2018Review
- The pain, depression, disability pathway in those with low back pain: a moderation analysis of health locus of control.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Importance of participation in major life areas matters for return to work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2015Article
- Does an online psychological intervention improve self-efficacy and disability in people also receiving Multimodal Manual Therapy for chronic low back pain compared to Multimodal Manual Therapy alone? Design of a randomized controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2015Article
- Predicting improvement of functioning in disability claimants.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Obstacles to and facilitators of return to work after work-disabling back pain: the workers' perspective.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Survived but feeling vulnerable and insecure: a qualitative study of the mental preparation for RTW after breast cancer treatment.BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesAlthough self-efficacy and health locus of control (HLC) have been extensively studied in health research, little is known about their contribution to occupational disability among workers with back pain. This 2 year prospective study examined the association between these control belief constructs and "return to work in good health" (RWGH), a four-category, composite index of back pain outcome.
methodsThe participants (n = 1,007, participation = 68.4%, follow-up = 86%) were workers with occupational disruptions who sought a medical consultation for non specific back pain in primary care and emergency settings in the Quebec City area, Canada. Information about self-efficacy for return to work (SERW) and HLC, as well as potential confounders, was collected during a telephone interview about 3 weeks after the baseline medical consultation. Polytomous logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between the baseline control variables and RWGH at 2 year. Odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals were used to quantify the strength of associations. For all analyses, the "success" category was considered the reference group.
resultsAlthough bivariate analyses showed a significant association between external HLC and RWGH at 2 year, this relationship was not significant in multivariate analyses. Higher scores on the self-efficacy questionnaire were however protective of "failure to return to work after attempt(s)" (OR: 0.28; 95% CI: 0.14-0.57) and of "failure to return to work" (OR: 0.19; 95% CI: 0.07-0.48) in multivariate analyses.
conclusionSelf-efficacy is an important determinant of the occupational outcome of back pain.
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