Disability and disability benefit seeking in chronic low back pain

Occupational Medicine
S GebauerResidency Research Network of Texas Investigators

Abstract

Numerous studies suggest psychosocial factors contribute to functional disability in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP). However, less is known about the association of psychosocial factors, such as depression, with seeking medical disability benefits and their prevalence in benefit seekers compared with patients already receiving such payments. To determine if characteristics of disability benefit seekers differ from patients receiving disability benefits and if both differ from patients not dependent on such payments. Questionnaire data on pain, health-related quality of life, depression, social support, substance abuse, adverse childhood experiences and disability seeking were obtained from CLBP respondents recruited at 10 primary care clinics throughout Texas. A multinomial logistic regression model was computed using variables significantly associated with disability status and pain severity in univariate models. There were 213 participants. In full models, compared with those not on disability benefits, only depression symptoms were significantly associated with seeking disability benefits (odds ratio [OR] = 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.26) and only duration of pain was significantly associated with b...Continue Reading

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May 13, 2017·Occupational Medicine·M WangS Yu
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