Readiness for change predicts outcomes of functional rehabilitation following motor vehicle accident.

Introduction: Previous research has found pre-treatment motivational readiness to engage in pain self-management to be associated with completion of a rehabilitation program. This preliminary study examined this relationship, as well as the ability of pre-treatment readiness to change to predict clinical decisions of post-treatment functional work capacity.

Methods: The sample consisted of 106 individuals involved in a tertiary functional rehabilitation program for motor vehicle accident (MVA) survivors.

Changes in coping style and treatment outcome following motor vehicle accident.

Background: Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are highly prevalent and can result in a complex interplay of physical injury, disability, and emotional distress. It has been suggested that the manner in which individuals cope with pain experienced after injury may determine how much recovery of function can be achieved. Only a limited number of studies have examined this process in the context of a rehabilitation program, and to date few studies have examined both functional and quality of life outcomes in MVA recovery in a tertiary level program as a function of coping style.

Passive coping is a risk factor for disabling neck or low back pain.

Background: Despite evidence suggesting that coping is an important concept in the study of pain, its role in predicting the development of disabling pain has not been previously studied. To assess the relationship between coping and the development of disabling pain.

Methods: From a random sample of adults, we formed a cohort of individuals with non-disabling neck and/or low back pain (n=571).

A population-based study of factors associated with combinations of active and passive coping with neck and low back pain.

Pain coping strategies can be active or passive. Previous studies have examined these strategies separately, however individuals use combinations of both types of coping strategies. We examined the associations between sociodemographic, pain and health-related factors and combinations of active and passive strategies in a general population random sample of 1,131 adults.