Differences in Workplace, Demographic and Severity Measures between Occupational and Nonoccupational Low Back Pain Patients

摘要

Occupational and nonoccupational low back pain patients within the samediagnostic category were evaluated on workplace, demographic, and severity measures. The findings indicated that there were significant differences in psychosocial and physical demand workplace parameters but not in demographic or severity measures.Specifically, psychosocial measures of job control, role conflict and job satisfaction were significantly different. The physical demand measures of exposure to sitting, lifting, pushing and pulling as well as overall rating of physical demand weresignificantly different. It is hypothesized that no difference was found in severity measures because we controlled for diagnostic category.