| Psychosocial stress, cognitive performance and disability after common whiplash. | |
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PMID: 8421255 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The relationship between psychosocial stress, cognitive performance and disability was assessed in 97 randomly selected common whiplash patients. Patients were investigated early after injury (mean 7.2 days, SD = 3.8) and again at 6 months. Assessment included different aspects of psychosocial stress, negative affectivity, personality traits and attentional functioning. At 6 months six patients (7%) showed partial or complete disability (disabled group) while 91 patients went back to work at pre-injury levels (non-disabled group). However, 26 patients from the latter group at 6 months were still symptomatic. The disabled and non-disabled groups did not differ with respect to psychosocial stress, negative affectivity and personality traits as assessed at baseline. At 6 months no significant differences were found between the disabled group and 26 symptomatic patients from the non-disabled group with respect to any of the assessed factors. The disabled group showed a combination of the following variables as assessed at baseline: greater age, initial neck pain intensity, initial back pain, blurred vision, and anxiety but less dizziness, sensitivity to noise and neurotic or behavioural problems in childhood. |
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Authors:
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B P Radanov; G Di Stefano; A Schnidrig; M Sturzenegger |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of psychosomatic research Volume: 37 ISSN: 0022-3999 ISO Abbreviation: J Psychosom Res Publication Date: 1993 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1993-02-17 Completed Date: 1993-02-17 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0376333 Medline TA: J Psychosom Res Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-10 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Berne, Switzerland. |
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Adult Attention* Depression / complications, psychology Disability Evaluation Disabled Persons / psychology* Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Male Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Personality Inventory Rehabilitation, Vocational / psychology Stress, Psychological / complications* Whiplash Injuries / psychology*, rehabilitation |
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