The Influence of Different Factors on Workers' Disability Due to Low Back Pain

Kovacs Foundation7,300 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine, in Spanish workers, the influence of different factors (personal, psychological, work related and clinical) on the risk of being on sick leave during the 18 months after baseline assessment, and on the duration of that sick leave.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

7,300

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Set of questionnaires (respondent)BEHAVIORAL

A set of questionnaires to determine risk factors for sick leave due to low back pain.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects who get their checkups at participating health services * With a labor contract that won't make it likely that they stop work before the next 18 months, for causes other than their health * Who sign the informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Don't sign the informed consent form * Inability to fill our the questionnaires * Bedridden * Rheumatologic inflammatory disease, cancer or fibromyalgia * Suspicion of fibromyalgia * Red flags for systemic disease * Criteria for surgery * Criteria for urgent referral to surgery

Locations (1)

Kovacs Foundation

Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

The influence of different factors on risk of sick leave for low back pain

Time frame: 18 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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