The Association of Physiotherapy Continuity of Care with Duration of Time Loss Among Compensated Australian Workers with Low Back Pain.
J Occup Rehabil
; 2024 May 25.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-38795245
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The aims of this study are to determine how continuous the care provided by physiotherapists to compensated workers with low back pain is, what factors are associated with physiotherapy continuity of care (CoC; treatment by the same provider), and what the association between physiotherapy CoC and duration of working time loss is.METHODS:
Workers' compensation claims and payments data from Victoria and South Australia were analysed. Continuity of care was measured with the usual provider continuity metric. Binary logistic regression examined factors associated with CoC. Cox regression models examined the association between working time loss and CoC.RESULTS:
Thirty-six percent of workers experienced complete CoC, 25.8% high CoC, 26.1% moderate CoC, and 11.7% low CoC. Odds of complete CoC decreased with increased service volume. With decreasing CoC, there was significantly longer duration of compensated time loss.CONCLUSION:
Higher CoC with a physiotherapist is associated with shorter compensated working time loss duration for Australian workers with low back pain.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Language:
En
Journal:
J Occup Rehabil
Journal subject:
REABILITACAO
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia
Country of publication:
Netherlands