Patterns of Mental Health Service Use in Australian Workers with Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the volume, timing and provider of mental health services provided to workers with accepted low back pain (LBP) claims, and to identify determinants of service volume and time to first mental health service.

Methods

Using claim and service-level workers' compensation data from four Australian states (Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria) for LBP claims with at least one mental health service lodged between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2015. Mental health services occurring 30 days prior to 730 days following claim acceptance were examined. Outcomes were number of mental health services and time (weeks) from claim acceptance to first service, calculated overall, by provider and interaction type, and by independent variables (age group, sex,

SUBMITTER: Gray SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11550282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature