Social factors and outcome in a five-year follow-up study of 276 patients with sciatica

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Abstract

Social factors of 179 operated and 97 non-operated patients one year after hospitalization due to low back pain and sciatica were tested by multivariate regression analysis in relation to the five-year outcome evaluated according to the WHO Handicap Classification. For operated men a subjective working incapacity (relative risk RR=4.6) and co-morbidity (RR=2.7) predicted a poor outcome. For operated women the predictive factors were subjective working incapacity (RR=3.2) and older age (RR=1.9). For non-operated men an increased occurrence of occupational hazards (RR=3.6) and for non-operated women co-morbidity (RR=7.1) indicated a poor outcome.

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Nykvist, F., Hurme, M., Alaranta, H., & Miettinen, M. L. (1991). Social factors and outcome in a five-year follow-up study of 276 patients with sciatica. Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 23(1), 19–26. https://doi.org/10.2340/1650197919911926

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