The predictive effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on low back pain among newly qualified health care workers with and without previous low back pain: a prospective cohort study

Jette Nygaard Jensen; Karen Albertsen; Vilhelm Borg; Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen

doi:10.1186/1471-2474-10-117

The predictive effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on low back pain among newly qualified health care workers with and without previous low back pain: a prospective cohort study

Jette Nygaard Jensen, Karen Albertsen, Vilhelm Borg, Kirsten Nabe-Nielsen

Section of Social Medicine

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Abstract

Health care workers have a high prevalence of low back pain (LBP). Although physical exposures in the working environment are linked to an increased risk of LBP, it has been suggested that individual coping strategies, for example fear-avoidance beliefs, could also be important in the development and maintenance of LBP. Accordingly, the main objective of this study was to examine (1) the association between physical work load and LBP, (2) the predictive effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on the development of LBP, and (3) the moderating effect of fear-avoidance beliefs on the association between physical work load and LBP among cases with and without previous LBP.

Original language	English
Journal	B M C Musculoskeletal Disorders
Volume	10
Pages (from-to)	117
ISSN	1471-2474
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-10-117
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Avoidance Learning
Cohort Studies
Culture
Fear
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forecasting
Health Personnel
Humans
Low Back Pain
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Questionnaires
Workload
Young Adult

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