Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adding a cognitive behavioral treatment to the rehabilitation of chronic low back pain.

Objective: To investigate return to work and cost-effectiveness of the addition of cognitive-behavioral treatment to standard therapy compared to standard 3-week inpatient rehabilitation for patients with chronic low back pain.

Methods: A prospective economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial was performed. Outcomes included days off work due to spinal complaints, health-related quality of life, and direct and indirect disease-related costs.

A German version of the Extended Aberdeen Back Pain Scale: development and evaluation.

Study Design: Psychometric testing of translated, culturally adapted questionnaire.

Objectives: Cross-cultural adaptation of the German version of the Extended Aberdeen Back Pain Scale (EABPS, three questionnaires), and to evaluate its use for assessing back pain related health status and disability in German patients.

Summary Of Background Data: The EABPS can be used as one questionnaire for the whole spine or three questionnaires for the three parts of the spine: neck, upper back, and lower back.

[Can routine data on in-patient rehabilitation of musculoskeletal diseases replace the physicians' judgement in quality management? --an investigation on 12,014 observations].

The acceptance of quality management is strongly influenced by the additional work-load necessary to obtain data. "Quality management questionnaire? Do we really need it? In rehabilitation, we must deliver a long and detailed discharge report anyway..