Do male and female patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain differ in their pre-treatment expectations of rehabilitation outcome?
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-0644Keywords:
expectation, musculoskeletal pain, rehabilitation, multidisciplinary treatment, genderAbstract
PURPOSE: To analyse differences between males and females in expectations about rehabilitation outcome. DESIGN: cross-sectional study. SETTING: a general rehabilitation centre. PATIENTS: n = 616, mean age 44 years, with chronic musculoskeletal pain, referred for multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation. All eligible patients in the period January 2005 to September 2009 were sent a questionnaire prior to or during the first two weeks of the treatmentDownloads
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