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Southern medical journal · Nov 1993
Compensation status as a predictor of outcome in nonsurgically treated low back injury.
- C D Tollison.
- Pain Therapy Center of Greenville, Greenville Hospital System, SC.
- South. Med. J. 1993 Nov 1;86(11):1206-9.
AbstractWhether the compensation status of patients injured in occupational accidents influences treatment outcome remains a controversial issue. This article describes the treatment outcome status of compensated versus noncompensated patients who received comprehensive functional restoration treatment of low back pain in a hospital-based, interdisciplinary, occupational rehabilitation and pain management program. Results of this investigation revealed treatment outcome differences between the two groups in two of three measures at discharge (subjective pain intensity and return-to-work), and outcome differences in one of five measures at 6-month follow-up (subjective pain intensity). Interestingly, significant group differences in return-to-work rates noted at the time of treatment discharge were not found during the follow-up period, with no group outcome difference in return-to-work rates noted at 6-month follow-up.
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