Melloh, Markus; Elfering, Achim; Käser, Anja; Rolli Salathé, Cornelia; Barz, Thomas; Aghayev, Emin; Röder, Christoph; Theis, Jean-Claude (2013). Depression impacts the course of recovery in patients with acute low back pain. Behavioral Medicine, 39(3), pp. 80-89. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/08964289.2013.779566
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Little is known about the course of recovery of acute low back pain (LBP) patients as a function of depression. In a prospective study, 286 acute LBP patients were assessed at baseline and followed up over 6 months. Recovery was defined as improvement in the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Repeated-measures analysis of covariance was employed with ODI as repeated factor, age, sex, and body mass index as covariates, depression and all other potential prognostic factors as between-subject factors. Of study participants, 18% were classified as depressive (>33 points on the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale). Of 286 participants, 135 were lost to follow-up. In the longitudinal sample of 151 patients the course of recovery was slower in depressive patients. Depression was associated with LBP especially after 6 weeks and should therefore be included in screening instruments for acute LBP patients to identify those at risk of delayed recovery at an early stage.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute for Evaluative Research into Orthopaedic Surgery 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Work and Organisational Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Melloh, Markus, Elfering, Achim, Rolli Salathé, Cornelia, Aghayev, Emin, Röder, Christoph |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems 100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology |
ISSN: |
1940-4026 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ives Gerber |
Date Deposited: |
11 Apr 2014 10:40 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:24 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/08964289.2013.779566 |
PubMed ID: |
23930900 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
acute back pain, depression, prognosis, prospective study recovery |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/49396 |
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