title: A psychosociomedical prediction model of response to treatment by chronically disabled workers with low-back pain.
abstract: There has been much interest in identifying variables that can predict which individuals are susceptible to developing chronic low-back pain. There currently are a number of studies that are evaluating primary predictors (which uninjured workers are likely to develop chronic low-back pain) and secondary predictors (which workers with acute episodes will develop chronic pain). The present study reports the first results from a large-scale investigation of tertiary predictors. Specifically, it addresses the issue of what psychosociomedical variables are predictive of success/failure in response to a comprehensive Functional Restoration treatment program by workers who are chronically disabled with low-back pain. Three stages were involved in the development of this prediction model. First, a group of treatment and research professionals who had extensive experience in the area of chronic low-back pain identified an array of 42 variables, from a larger pool of quantified physical, psychosocial, and medical parameters rated to be important with this patient population.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics, Texas.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Polatin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gatchel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arens
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D010551:Personality; D011336:Probability; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors