Multidisciplinary Pain Center Outcomes in Washington State Workers' Compensation

We conducted this study to evaluate the clinical and disability status of injured workers 4.6 years after undergoing multidisciplinary pain center evaluation, comparing subjects who received treatment to subjects who were evaluated only. Three hundred injured workers were selected for a telephone su...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2004-05, Vol.46 (5), p.473-478
Main Authors: Robinson, James P., Fulton-Kehoe, Deborah, Franklin, Gary M., Wu, Rae
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Occupational - economics
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Disability
Disabled Persons
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Multivariate Analysis
Occupational accidents
Occupational medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Pain Clinics - utilization
Pain Management
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Washington
Workers compensation
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Summary:We conducted this study to evaluate the clinical and disability status of injured workers 4.6 years after undergoing multidisciplinary pain center evaluation, comparing subjects who received treatment to subjects who were evaluated only. Three hundred injured workers were selected for a telephone survey; 150 had received pain center treatment and 150 had been evaluated but not treated. The survey included the SF-12, and questions about subjects' pain intensity and current work status. A workers' compensation database indicated the disability status of subjects. The response rate was 5. In multivariate analyses, treated and evaluated-only subjects did not differ significantly in disability status, pain intensity, SF-12 scores, or current work status. At 4.6 years follow up, there was no evidence that pain center treatment affects either disability status or clinical status of injured workers.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/01.jom.0000126027.99599.d2