Development of a Brief Questionnaire to Predict Long-Term Disability

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• Personal Author:
  Franklin GM ; Fulton-Kehoe D ; Gluck JV ; Sheppard L ; Stover BD ; Turner JA ; Wickizer TM
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To develop a brief worker-completed questionnaire for use soon after a work-related back injury to assess risk of long-term work disability. METHODS: In this prospective cohort study, 1885 workers provided information about pain, function, psychosocial, and work characteristics about 3 weeks after filing claims for new back injuries. Classification and regression tree analysis was used to identify the best predictive model of work disability status 1 year after claim submission. RESULTS: Pain interference with ability to work (>5, 0 to 10 scale), not currently working, and radiating leg pain comprised the best model which accurately classified 77% of the workers. CONCLUSIONS: A brief questionnaire assessing pain interference with work, current work status, and radiating leg pain might be useful in assessing risk of long-term work disability due to back injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Mental Health Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Demographic-characteristics Leg-injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Pain-tolerance Psychological-effects Psychophysiology Questionnaires Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-performance

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• ISSN:
  1095-1539
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035172
• Citation:
  J Environ Med 2008 Sep; 50(9):1042-1052
• Contact Point Address:
  Deborah Fulton-Kehoe, MPH, PhD, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program, 1914 N. 34th Street, #101 Seattle, WA 98103
• Email:
  debfk@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20070929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:306a04567fad5ac2c03eccd51efd55d5fa871a4ac35472073b9655f66b340fab815f51c531a86e27940ee0dd75e36aaab54c5ffaaf819aa4c32dbf4bdcd7e8d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187110/cdc_187110_DS1.pdf
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