© 2003 BMJ Publishing Group
EDITORIAL
Occupational health
The right treatment to the right patient at the right time
Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr Psychol E M H Haldorsen, The Outpatient Spine Clinic, Haukeland University Hospital, Box 1, 5021 Bergen, Norway;
ellen.haldorsen@haukeland.no
A multitude of variables have been presumed to influence and predict return to work
Keywords: chronic pain; disability; compensation; work
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In an attempt to prevent a development to chronic pain (which concerns about 10%), occupational physicians and other health professionals should be able to identify patients with a high risk of chronic disability at an early stage. It is well known that the longer individuals are out of work, the less likely they are to return to work. A multitude of variables have been presumed to influence and predict return to work. The most commonly assessed predictors include medical factors, sociodemographic factors, job related information, and psychological variables. There has been growing recognition that the lack of consistency in reporting findings in this area may be due to the heterogeneity of the patients studied. In general, combinations of sets of predictors seem more important than single predictors.
The article by Hogg-Johnson and Cole in this issue1 is a methodologically strong addition to publications in this important field. In
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