ArticleSchmerz (Berlin, Germany)2024
[Is the relationship between depressive symptoms and work-related factors mediated by pain self-efficacy in non-specific chronic low back pain?]
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- [Validity of the Chronic Pain Grade Scale in nonspecific chronic low back pain].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Health-related measures and subjective prognosis of gainful employment among patients with non-specific chronic low back pain in multidisciplinary orthopedic rehabilitation.Die Rehabilitation · 2025Observational
- Self-Efficacy, Self-Management and Use of Smartphone Apps for Low-Back Pain.Pain research & management · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe transition from acute to non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) is especially associated with psychological factors. However, working mechanisms of psychological factors have been little examined in non-specific CLBP, especially the mediator effect of pain self-efficacy.
objectiveDoes pain self-efficacy mediate the long-term prediction of work-related factors by depressive symptoms?
methodsWithin the framework of an exploratory secondary analysis, simple mediation analyses were conducted to longitudinally predict prognosis of gainful employment, as well as subjective physical and mental work ability by depressive symptoms mediated by pain self-efficacy in 382 inpatients with non-specific CLBP.
resultsThe findings suggest that depressive symptoms prior to rehabilitation predicted levels of all three work-related factors 24 months after rehabilitation, and pain self-efficacy 12 months after rehabilitation mediated this relationship.
conclusionTo improve the success of work-related rehabilitation in the long-term, pain self-efficacy in particular, but also depressive symptoms should be targeted by treatments of non-specific CLBP.
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