Predicting time on prolonged benefits for injured workers with acute back pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some workers with work-related compensated back pain (BP) experience a troubling course of disability. Factors associated with delayed recovery among workers with work-related compensated BP were explored.

Methods

This is a cohort study of workers with compensated BP in 2005 in Ontario, Canada. Follow up was 2 years. Data was collected from employers, employees and health-care providers by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB). Exclusion criteria were: (1) no-lost-time claims, (2) >30 days between injury and claim filing, (3) <4 weeks benefits duration, and (4) age >65 years. Using proportional hazard models, we examined the prognostic value of information collected in the first 4 weeks after injury. Outcome measures were time on benefits during the fi

SUBMITTER: Steenstra IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4436678 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature