Back Sprain in IndustryThe Role of Socioeconomic Factors in Chronicity
作者:
ERNEST VOLINN,
DAVID VAN KOEVERING,
JOHN LOESER,
期刊:
Spine
(OVID Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 16,
issue 5
页码: 542-548
ISSN:0362-2436
年代: 1991
出版商: OVID
关键词: industrial back sprain;socioeconomic factors;chronic pain;industrial insurance;wage compensation
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A minority of industrial-back-sprain claimants account for most of the cost of industrial back sprain: those whose disability persists into “chronicity,” which is defined as 90 days or more off work. The data in this study demonstrate the effects of socioeconomic factors on chronicity. This analysis is based on State of Washington industrial insurance claims for back sprain. For both men and women, three socioeconomic factors significantly affect the risk of chronicity: age, wage, and the family status of being either widowed or divorced with no children. In addition, the Nam-Powers Socioeconomic Index is significant for men. Wage compensation ratio cannot be shown to be a factor in chronicity.
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