The Association Between Continuity of Care With a Primary Care Physician and Duration of Work Disability for Low Back Pain: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Journal
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
ISSN: 1536-5948
Titre abrégé: J Occup Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9504688
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 10 2022
01 10 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
29
7
2022
medline:
5
10
2022
entrez:
28
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aims of the study are to determine the continuity of care (CoC) provided by primary care physicians among workers with low back pain, to identify factors associated with CoC, and to investigate whether CoC is associated with working time loss. Continuity of care was measured with the usual provider continuity metric. Ordinal logistic regression models examined factors associated with CoC. Quantile regression models examined the association between working time loss and CoC. Complete CoC was observed in 33.8% of workers, high CoC among 37.7%, moderate CoC in 22.1%, and low CoC in 6.4%. In workers with more than 2-months time loss, those with complete CoC had less time off work. Higher CoC with a primary care physician is associated with less working time loss and this relationship is strongest in the subacute phase of low back pain.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35901194
doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002643
pii: 00043764-202210000-00016
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e606-e612Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest: The following organizations supplied data for use in this study: WorkCover Queensland, WorkSafe Victoria, and ReturnToWork South Australia. The study authors have received funding for unrelated research in the past 36 months from WorkSafe Victoria. The study authors have also received unrelated funding from Safe Work Australia, the Victorian Department of Health, Insurance and Care NSW, the State Insurance Regulatory Authority of NSW, and the Australian Government Department of Education. Alex Collie was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT190100281).
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