Catchlove Richard, Cohen Karen
Pain Management Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Que. H3A 1AI Canada Department of Anaesthesia, McGill University, Montreal, Que. H3A 1AI Canada.
Pain. 1982 Oct;14(2):181-191. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(82)90098-7.
The incidence of work resumption of two groups of differentially treated workman's compensation patients with chronic pain was retrospectively examined. Significantly more patients who were directed to return to work during the treatment program (group II) did so (60%), than did patients in another group (group I) who were similarly treated but for whom work return was not a component of therapy (25%). At follow-up an average of 9.6 months later, 90% of the group II patients were still working. As well, patients in group II were receiving fewer compensation benefits and had received less additional treatment for their pain than group I patients.
对两组接受不同治疗的慢性疼痛工伤补偿患者的复工率进行了回顾性研究。在治疗方案中被指示复工的患者（第二组）中，实际复工的患者比例（60%）显著高于另一组（第一组），第一组患者接受了类似治疗，但复工并非治疗的一部分（25%）。在平均9.6个月后的随访中，第二组90%的患者仍在工作。此外，与第一组患者相比，第二组患者获得的补偿福利更少，针对疼痛接受的额外治疗也更少。
