Dja. Dozois et al., FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH REHABILITATION OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH LOW-BACK-PAIN (LBP) - PREDICTION OF EMPLOYMENT OUTCOME AT 9-MONTH FOLLOW-UP, Rehabilitation psychology, 40(4), 1995, pp. 243-259
This study examined which admission and treatment change variables pre
dicted return to work in a population of patients with work-related LB
P. Pain and disability perception, coping strategies, depression, and
functional status were examined at admission and discharge in a sample
of 117 injured male workers who participated in an interdisciplinary
rehabilitation program. Discriminant function analyses, using employme
nt status 9 months later as the dependent variable resulted in correct
classification rates of 79%, using admission and treatment change sco
res as predictors. Psychological factors at admission were the salient
variables that emerged in the prediction of employment outcome at fol
low-up. Of the treatment change variables, physical status and one's p
erception of his/her disability significantly predicted return to work
. Results of this study may be beneficial in optimizing the allocation
of scarce health-care resources.