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- R J Miller and R J Hafner.
- Dibden Research Unit, Glenside Hospital, Eastwood, South Australia.
- Psychosomatics. 1991 Jan 1;32(3):309-16.
AbstractAssociations between the frequency of medical visits and psychological disturbance were explored using chronic low back pain patients from a back education class. Psychometric measures included the illness Behaviour Questionnaire (IBQ), somatic problems, and current mood. Males and females responded similarly on all psychological measures. Pain duration and IBQ disease affirmation significantly predicted visits to both general practitioners and specialists. Additional predictors for specialist visits included a self-rated pain/mood association, sex, age, and IBQ denial. Patients' expectations and attitudes about illness and treatment appeared most central to medical visits and several different forms of psychological disturbance accompanied increased visits.
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