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Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference?

Publication ,  Journal Article
Jamison, RN; Matt, DA; Parris, WC
Published in: Orthop Rev
December 1988

Some evidence suggests that chronic pain patients who receive worker's compensation benefits have a tendency to exaggerate their symptoms and not benefit from treatment. This study compared 110 male chronic low back pain patients receiving either no compensation, time-limited compensation, or unlimited compensation on pretreatment and follow-up variables. The patients who received unlimited compensation tended to have a higher percentage of physician-rated symptom dramatization, to have more pain behavior, and to use more medication than the no-compensation and time-limited compensation patients. At follow-up, fewer patients with unlimited compensation had returned to work as compared with the other groups. These results suggest that time-limited compensation may not affect treatment outcome or interfere with return to work, while unlimited compensation may adversely influence overall treatment outcome and the probability that patients will return to work.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Orthop Rev

ISSN

0094-6591

Publication Date

December 1988

Volume

17

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1210 / 1215

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Workers' Compensation
  • Work
  • Sick Role
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Back Pain
 

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Jamison, R. N., Matt, D. A., & Parris, W. C. (1988). Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference? Orthop Rev, 17(12), 1210–1215.
Jamison, R. N., D. A. Matt, and W. C. Parris. “Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference?Orthop Rev 17, no. 12 (December 1988): 1210–15.
Jamison RN, Matt DA, Parris WC. Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference? Orthop Rev. 1988 Dec;17(12):1210–5.
Jamison, R. N., et al. “Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference?Orthop Rev, vol. 17, no. 12, Dec. 1988, pp. 1210–15.
Jamison RN, Matt DA, Parris WC. Treatment outcome in low back pain patients: do compensation benefits make a difference? Orthop Rev. 1988 Dec;17(12):1210–1215.

Published In

Orthop Rev

ISSN

0094-6591

Publication Date

December 1988

Volume

17

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1210 / 1215

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Workers' Compensation
  • Work
  • Sick Role
  • Occupational Diseases
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Back Pain