@article{b7b30813bd5942f883f0442895b49fa7,
title = "Predicting Return to Work in a Heterogeneous Sample of Recently Injured Workers Using the Brief {\"O}MPSQ-SF",
abstract = "Purpose (1) to examine the ability of the orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire-short version (oMPSQ-SF) to predict time to return to pre-injury work duties (PID) following a work-related soft tissue injury (regardless of body location); and (2) to examine the appropriateness of 50/100 as a suitable cut-off score for case identification. Methods Injured workers (IW) from six public hospitals in Sydney, Australia, who had taken medically-sanctioned time off work due to their injury, were recruited by insurance case managers within 5-15 days of their injury. Eligible participants (N=213 in total) were administered the oMPSQ-SF over the telephone by the case manager. For objective (1) Cox proportional hazards regression analysis was used to predict days to return to PID using the oMPSQ-SF. For objective (2) receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to determine the oMPSQ-SF total score that optimises sensitivity and specificity in detecting whether or not participants had returned to PID within 2-7 weeks. Results The total oMPSQ-SF score significantly predicted number of days to return to PID, such that for every 1-point increase in the total oMPSQ-SF score the predicted chance of returning to work reduced by 4% (i.e., hazard ratio=0.96), p",
keywords = "Screening, Psychosocial factors, Worker's compensation, Work injury, LOW-BACK-PAIN, MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN, EARLY IDENTIFICATION, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, PRIMARY-CARE, RISK-FACTORS, ABSENCE, DISABILITY, VALIDITY",
author = "Nicholas, {M. K.} and Costa, {D. S. J.} and Linton, {S. J.} and Main, {C. J.} and Shaw, {W. S.} and R. Pearce and M. Gleeson and Pinto, {R. Z.} and Blyth, {F. M.} and McCauley, {J. H.} and Maher, {C. G.} and Smeets, {R. J. E. M.} and A. McGarity",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements This study was supported by a grant from the NSW Ministry of Health, EML Insurance, and SI-CORP (now icare). We would like to specifically acknowledge the contributions to the study by Karen Munk, Tamara Sprod, Rachel Elmes, Claims managers and staff at EML; Robert Lloyd, Susan Rafty, and Steven Hunt at icare; Michele Murphy and John Roach from NSWHealth; Dr Rob Boland, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney; and the CEO{\textquoteright}s, General Managers, and RTW coordinators at each participating hospital. Funding Information: This study was supported by a grant from the NSW Ministry of Health, EML Insurance, and SI-CORP (now icare). We would like to specifically acknowledge the contributions to the study by Karen Munk, Tamara Sprod, Rachel Elmes, Claims managers and staff at EML; Robert Lloyd, Susan Rafty, and Steven Hunt at icare; Michele Murphy and John Roach from NSWHealth; Dr Rob Boland, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney; and the CEO?s, General Managers, and RTW coordinators at each participating hospital. Funding Information: Funding This study was supported by a grant from the NSW Ministry of Health, EML Insurance, and SI-CORP (now icare). The grant funding supported only the work performed by the two project managers (Michael Gleeson, and Raphael Z Pinto). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s10926-018-9784-8",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "295--302",
journal = "Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation",
issn = "1053-0487",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "2",
}