Echeita, J.A. (Jone) (2016) Functional Capacity Evaluation in different societal contexts: Results of a multicountry study. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Purpose. To provide a better understanding of the biopsychosocial variables associated with Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) test results, with special emphasis on social factors. Methods. An international cross-sectional study was performed within ‘care as usual’. Data were collected from six countries between September 2015 and April 2016. A wide range of biopsychosocial factors were collected from participants and clinicians, and used as independent variables. Measured FCE test results (floor-to-waist lift, six minute walk and handgrip strength) were treated as dependent variables. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship of biopsychosocial factors with FCE test results. Results. Data of 260 patients and 36 clinicians from 13 facilities in 6 different countries were collected. The final multiple regression models controlled for the measuring country and the type of protocol. These models included patient’s biopsychosocial characteristics: age, sex, nationality, height, weight, BMI, patients’ pain area, pain duration, educational level, physical work demands, number of days off work, and patients’ reported pain intensity, disability, and catastrophizing scores. All multiple regression models explained 52 to 58.5% of the total variance. Conclusion. Associations between FCE test results and several biopsychosocial factors have been evidenced when various societal contexts are involved; but differ from previous studies performed within a societal context. This supports the idea of considering patients from a biopsychosocial perspective in combination with different contexts, and allows for the generalizability of the findings. Further research to replicate these results and deepen on the differences across different societal contexts is needed. Keywords. International, Occupational Health, Sociological factors, Lifting, Chronic Pain.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Holland, B. van and Reneman, M. and Otter, R. den |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2022 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2022 09:55 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3133 |
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