Open AccessYellow flag scores in a compensable New Zealand cohort suffering acute low back pain
Author(s) -
Karen Grimmer,
Mathew Prior,
Jim Robertson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s3710
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , cohort , flag (linear algebra) , depression (economics) , kappa , anxiety , physical therapy , family medicine , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics , economics , macroeconomics , algebra over a field
Despite its high prevalence, most acute low back pain (ALBP) is nonspecific, self-limiting with no definable pathology. Recurrence is prevalent, as is resultant chronicity. Psychosocial factors (yellow flags comprising depression and anxiety, negative pain beliefs, job dissatisfaction) are associated with the development of chronic LBP.