Development of a brief questionnaire to predict long-term disability

作者：Fulton Kehoe Deborah^*; Stover Bert D; Turner Judith A; Sheppard Lianne; Gluck Jeremy V; Wickizer Thomas M; Franklin Gary M

来源：Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2008, 50(9): 1042-1052.

DOI：10.1097/JOM.0b013e31817061e

Objective: To develop a brief worker-completed questionnaire for use soon after a work-related back injury to assess risk of long-term work disability. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, 1885 workers provided information about Pain, function, psychosocial, and work characteristics about 3 weeks after filing claims for new back injuries. Classification and regression tree analysis was used to identify the best predictive model of work disability status 1 year after claim submission. Results: Pain interference with ability to work (> 5, 0 to 10 scale), not currently working, and radiating leg pain comprised the best model which accurately classified 77% of the workers. Conclusions: A brief questionnaire assessing pain inference with work, current work status, and radiating leg pain might be useful in assessing risk of long-term work disability due to back injury.

• 出版日期2008-9