Rehabilitation following surgery: Clinical and psychological predictors of activity limitations.
Author(s) -
Rachael Powell,
Marie Johnston,
W. Cairns S. Smith,
Peter King,
W. A. Chambers,
Martin McKee,
Julie Bruce
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rehabilitation psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1939-1544
pISSN - 0090-5550
DOI - 10.1037/a0034660
Subject(s) - anxiety , rehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , depression (economics) , inguinal hernia , explained variation , psychological intervention , multilevel model , pain catastrophizing , clinical psychology , chronic pain , surgery , hernia , psychiatry , machine learning , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Activity limitations following surgery are common, and patients may have an extended period of pain and rehabilitation. Inguinal hernia surgery is a common elective procedure. This study incorporated fear-avoidance models in investigating cognitive and emotional variables as potential risk factors for activity limitations 4 months after inguinal hernia surgery.
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