作者: Cees J. Vos , Arianne P. Verhagen , Jan Passchier , Bart W. Koes
DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-4637.2008.00456.X
关键词: Internal medicine 、 Referral 、 Neck pain 、 Medicine 、 Sick leave 、 Multivariate analysis 、 Logistic regression 、 Physical therapy 、 Odds ratio 、 Confidence interval 、 Prospective cohort study
摘要: Objective. To describe the natural course of patients with acute neck pain presenting in general practice and to identify prognostic factors for recovery sick leave. Design. We conducted a prospective cohort study 1-year follow-up practice. Questionnaires were collected at baseline after 6, 12, 26, 52 weeks. Days leave dichotomized into two groups: below above 7 days leave. Logistic regression was used leave. Patients. Consecutive nonspecific lasting no longer than 6 weeks invited participate. Results. One hundred eighty-seven included 138 (74%) provided data. After 1 year, 76% stated be fully recovered or much improved, although 47% reported have ongoing pain. Almost half on returned work within days. Multivariate analysis showed that highest association advice practitioner (GP) “to wait see” (odds ratio [OR] 6.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.6–31.8). For leave, referral by GP, physical therapy medical specialist, (OR 2.8, CI 1.0–8.4). Conclusion. Acute had good prognosis majority patients, but still relatively high proportion follow-up. The given GP associated recovery, “referral” prolonged