@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with recovery expectations following vehicle collision: a population-based study",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2010",
author="Ozegovic, Dejan and Carroll, Linda J. and Cassidy, J. David",
volume="42",
number="1",
pages="66-73",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Positive expectations predict better outcomes for a variety of health conditions including recovery from whiplash-associated disorders, but we know little about which individuals have negative expectations, and therefore may be at risk for poor whiplash-associated disorders recovery. METHODS: We assessed expectations for global recovery in a population-based cohort of 6015 individuals with traffic-related whiplash-associated disorders. We used multinomial logistic regression analysis to model factors associated with expecting to recover slowly, or not recover at all, as opposed to expecting to recover quickly. RESULTS: Depressive symptomatology, lower education, lower income, male gender, younger age, being a passenger in the vehicle, history of neck pain, and greater initial pain (greater percentage of body in pain, greater intensity of neck pain and presence of low back and/or headache pain) were associated with poor expectations for recovery. CONCLUSION: A number of demographic, socioeconomic and injury-related factors were associated with expectations for recovery in whiplash-associated disorders. Two of the strongest associated factors were depressive symptomatology and initial neck pain intensity. These results support using a biopsychosocial approach to evaluate expectancies and their influence on important health outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-0466",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0466"
}