@article{ref1,
title="Does expecting mean achieving? The association between expecting to return to work and recovery in whiplash associated disorders: a population-based prospective cohort study",
journal="European spine journal",
year="2009",
author="Ozegovic, Dejan and Carroll, Linda J. and Cassidy, John David",
volume="18",
number="6",
pages="893-899",
abstract="To determine the association between expectations to return to work and self-assessed recovery. Positive expectations predict better outcomes in many health conditions, but to date the relationship between expecting to return to work after traffic-related whiplash-associated disorders and actual recovery has not been reported. We assessed early expectations for return to work in a cohort of 2,335 individuals with traffic-related whiplash injury to the neck. Using multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis we assessed the association between return to work expectations and self-perceived recovery during the first year following the event. After adjusting for the effects of sociodemographic characteristics, initial pain and symptoms, post-crash mood, prior health status and collision-related factors, those who expected to return to work reported global recovery 42% more quickly than those who did not have positive expectations (HRR = 1.42, 95% CI 1.26-1.60). Knowledge of return to work expectation provides an important prognostic tool to clinicians for recovery.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0940-6719",
doi="10.1007/s00586-009-0954-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-009-0954-4"
}