Abstract
ObjectiveTo demostrate that chronic pain patientsʼ (CPPs') perceptions about their preinjury jobes determine their intent to return to the same type of job post facility treatment.DesignAtotal of 255 CPPs completed a series of rating scales and yes/no questions relating to their preinjury job perceptions and a questin relating to intent to return to the same type of preinjury job post-pain facility treatment. the CPPs were broken down into subgroups (males, females, college males, noncollege males, college females, noncollege females), and within each subgroup those not intending to return to the same typeof pre-injury job were compared to those intending to return on the preinjury job perception questions.In addition for the whole group, stepwise discriminant analysis was used to predict who planned to return to the preinjury job utilizing the job perception questions.SettingMultidisciplinary Pain Center.PatientsConsectutive chronic pain patients.RsultsFro the whole group, CPPs not intending to return were more likely to complain of job excessive physical demands, job satisfaction, and job dislike. Jon perception complaints that were significantly different between the intending and not intending to return groups differed between the subgroups. For example, noncollege males not intending to return were more likely to complain of excessive physical demands only versus satisfaction and liking as significant items for college males who did not intend to return. Within the discriminant analysis, the combination of job satisfaction, excessive physical demands, employee conflicts, job liking, job dangerousness, supervisory conflicts, job stress, and age classified 73.46% of the CPPs correctly as the intent to return to the same type of preinjury job.ConclusionsThere appears to be a relationship between preinjury job perceptions and intent to return to the same type of job post paint reatment. However, subgroups of CPPs willdiffer by which job perceptions are important towards making that decision.
