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Backing up the stories: The psychological and social costs of chronic low-back pain

Justin Mathew, Samantha B. Singh, Sally Garis and Ashish D. Diwan
International Journal of Spine Surgery January 2013, 7 e29-e38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsp.2013.02.001
Justin Mathew
aHarvard College, Cambridge, MA
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Samantha B. Singh
aHarvard College, Cambridge, MA
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Sally Garis
bOrthopaedic Research Institute and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St George Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Kogarah, Australia
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Ashish D. Diwan
bOrthopaedic Research Institute and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St George Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Kogarah, Australia
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    Graphed visualization of cost distribution for services related to care of chronic low-back pain. (CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.)

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    Distribution of number of days of absence subjects have taken because of issues related to chronic low-back pain.

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    Visual representation of psychosocial profile differences before and after onset of chronic low-back pain.

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    Statistical results of psychosocial profile questions before and after onset of chronic low-back pain. The psychosocial profile questions comprise statements primarily about an individual's mental health.

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    Perceived changes in various interpersonal relationships after onset of chronic low-back pain.

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    (A) Representation of currently held view of chronic low-back pain, in which chronic low-back pain, financial health, psychological health, and social networks all have an equal effect on each other. According to this view, a change in any 1 field will impact the other 3 realms to the same degree. (B) Mushroom-cloud diagram, depicting the magnitude of the impact chronic low-back pain has on the life of the patients.

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Justin Mathew, Samantha B. Singh, Sally Garis, Ashish D. Diwan
International Journal of Spine Surgery Jan 2013, 7 e29-e38; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsp.2013.02.001

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