Klipstein
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Prognostic indicators for return to work of patients with chronic occupational neck and back pain - systematic review. | ||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | BACKGROUND: Recently, indicators for return to work (RTW) in patients with work-related chronic musculoskeletal diseases have been controversially discussed. We performed a systematic review of the literature to provide the evidence base for this discussion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We searched eight databases without language restrictions, checked reference lists and contacted authors for prospective studies on indicators predicting RTW in adults with non-specific neck or back pain. We screened all retrieved articles in duplicate against the inclusion criteria and assessed quality and extracted salient features of all included studies. RESULTS: Eight publications of moderate quality were included. They reported on eighty medical, ergonomic and socio-demographical variables. The strongest indicators were pain behaviour and patient-estimated future work, while medical, ergonomic, demographical and education variables were less important. CONCLUSION: The likelihood of RTW appears to be dependent on patients’ believes and behaviour, highlighting the importance of psychologists in an interdisciplinary therapeutic team. |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2004 to Jun 2007 |