Association Between Workersʼ Compensation and Outcome Following Multidisciplinary Treatment for Chronic Pain

Predictors of rate of return to work after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome

“…We are most inclined to interpret our findings as suggesting that job characteristics in the work environment may slow return to work because of avoidance of reinjury risk. Unfortunately, we could not examine this factor in our retrospective study but, as other authors have pointed out, attention to employer-employee conflicts, more aggressive pain control, and a multidisciplinary approach may prevent the development of prolonged work disability (22,23).…”

“…Nevertheless, workers' compensation patients should not be considered at high risk for delayed return to work simply because of their compensation status. Cofactors not assessed in this study could be mediating the effect, such as preconceptions in re-gard to returning to work or higher levels of pain (22).…”

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Increases Re-Employment of Job Seeking Worker's Compensation Clients

“…They perceive their capacity to be limited and the odds of returning to work as low (6). They develop negative cognitions about their current state due to a lack of encouragement and an inability to assess their situation objectively.…”

Whither Suffering? The Potential Impact of Tort Reform on the Emotional and Existential Healing of Traumatically Injured Chronic Pain Patients

“…Added to the concept that compensation neurosis represents malingering is the belief that claimants experience a "magical cure" immediately following the settlement of their claims, although this has been established as generally inaccurate (Mayou 1995;Mendelson 1995;Merskey 1986;Scholten-Peeters et al 2003). Accordingly, the legitimacy of the concept of compensation neurosis has been heavily criticized (e.g., Allaz et al 1998;Mendelson 1988Mendelson , 1991Sears et al 2008), with numerous empirical investigations and reviews (e.g., Burns et al 1995;Melzack et al 1985;Spearing and Connelly 2010;Swartzman et al 1996;Tait et al 1990) suggesting its very questionable validity. Nevertheless, litigation/compensation neurosis continues to be too frequently asserted within the medicolegal system (Batchelder v. Astrue 2008; Frost v. Teco Barge Line, Inc. 2007; Kephart v. Ford Motor Company 2009; Lewine et al 2007;Mayou 1996).…”