ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2013
Prognostic occupational factors for persistent low back pain in primary care.
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- The associations of depression, anxiety, and insomnia at baseline with disability at a five-year follow-up point among outpatients with chronic low back pain: a prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Understanding the Psychological, Physiological, and Genetic Factors Affecting Precision Pain Medicine: A Narrative Review.Journal of pain research · 2021Review
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- Evaluating psychosocial contributions to chronic pain outcomes.Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry · 2018Review
- Rehabilitation management of low back pain - it's time to pull it all together!Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- The Role of Psychosocial Processes in the Development and Maintenance of Chronic Pain.The journal of pain · 2016Review
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Abstract
purposeTo reduce the socio-economic burden of persistent low back pain (LBP), factors influencing the progression of acute/subacute LBP to the persistent state must be identified at an early stage.
methodsProspective inception cohort study of patients attending a health practitioner for their first episode of acute/subacute or recurrent LBP. Patients were assessed at baseline addressing occupational, psychological, biomedical and demographic/lifestyle factors and followed up over 6 months. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed separately for the variables groups of the four different domains, controlling for age, gender and body mass index. The overall predictive value was calculated for the full regression models of the different domains. Finally, all significant variables from the different domains were combined into a final predictor model.
resultsThe final four-predictor model predicted 51 % of variance of persistent LBP and included 'resigned attitude towards the job' (OR 1.73; 95 % CI 1.16-2.59), 'social support at work' (OR 0.54; 95 % CI 0.32-0.90), 'functional limitation' (OR 1.05; 95 % CI 1.01-1.10) and 'duration of LBP' (OR 1.04; 95 % CI 1.02-1.06). The accuracy of the model was 83 %, with 92 % of non-persistent and 67 % of persistent LBP patients correctly identified.
conclusionsIn this study of patients with acute/subacute LBP, 'resigned attitude towards the job' increased the likelihood of persistent LBP at 6 month. Addressing this factor with workplace interventions has the potential to modify the outcome. In patients experiencing 'social support at work', the development of persistent LBP was less likely and might therefore be considered as potential resource for prevention of persistent LBP.
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