title: [Disability and attitude to preventive measures in patients with acute and chronic diseases of the musculoskeletal system].
abstract: The steady increase in the number of patients with musculoskeletal disorders has increased correspondingly the importance of prevention and health promotion in this area. Under the new health reform laws for health promotion we developed a concept of health counselling for persons suffering from acute or chronic musculoskeletal (rheumatic) disorders. In the context of the formative evaluation we surveyed in 1992 the insured persons via a questionnaire classifying them into three different groups of healthy persons and persons with acute and chronic complaints (criterion: accumulated days of work absenteeism). We asked the patients about frequency of rheumatic complaints, subjective and functional injuries. We also investigated the attitudes towards preventive interventions. Parameters like days of work absenteeism and cluster of diagnosis from the database of the health insurance company complete the subjective data.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Rehabilitationspsychologie, Universität Freiburg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Härter
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*
vernacular_title: Gesundheitliche Einschränkungen und Einstellung zu präventiven Massnahmen bei Personen mit akuten und chronifizierten Erkrankungen am Stütz- und Bewegungsapparat.