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Does the Presence of Psychosocial "Yellow Flags" Alter Patient-Provider Communication for Work-Related, Acute Low Back Pain?
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 08/19/09

Shaw WS et al. – Among high–risk patients only, providers asked more biomedical questions, patients provided more biomedical information, and providers used more language to engage patients and facilitate communication. There were no group differences in psychosocial exchanges. Clinicians may recognize the need for more detailed assessment of patients with multiple psychosocial factors, but increases in communication are focused on medical explanations and therapeutic regimen, not on lifestyle and psychosocial factors.

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