Patricia Olaya-Contreras; Jorma Styf
Background and purpose Methods for identification of patients with illness behavior in orthopedic settings are still being debated. The purpose of this study was to test the association between illness behavior, depressed mood, pain intensity, self-rated disability, and clinical status in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP).
Methods We examined 174 consecutive sick-listed [...]
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