Patients at risk for long-term sick leave because of low back pain

M Du Bois, M Szpalski, P Donceel - The Spine Journal, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Ten percent of patients with low back pain (LBP) are not able to
resume work within 3 months of sick leave, accounting for 90% of all medical and indemnity …

Return to work after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: A rehabilitation-oriented approach in insurance medicine

P Donceel, M Du Bois, D Lahaye - Spine, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. An intervention study by the medical advisers of a social security sickness
fund on a mandatorily insured patient population after open discectomy for herniated lumbar …

A decade's experience in lumbar spine surgery in Belgium: sickness fund beneficiaries, 2000–2009

M Du Bois, M Szpalski, P Donceel - European spine journal, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The purpose is to study rates, trends, geographic variations and outcome of lumbar
spine surgery in the Belgian population during the last decade. Methods This is a …

A screening questionnaire to predict no return to work within 3 months for low back pain claimants

M Du Bois, P Donceel - European Spine Journal, 2008 - Springer
The objective of the present study was to develop a short prediction questionnaire for
estimating the risk of no return to work (RTW) within 3 months of sick leave to facilitate triage …

Process evaluation of a motivational interviewing intervention in a social security setting: a qualitative study among work-disabled patients

I Rymenans, C Vanovenberghe, M Du Bois… - Journal of Occupational …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Return to work (RTW) may be facilitated by motivational interviewing (MI), a
counseling style designed to increase motivation towards behavior change. MI's relevance …

Predictors for work incapacity continuing after disc surgery

P Donceel, M Du Bois - Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health, 1999 - JSTOR
Objectives This study was carried out to provide information on and identify factors about the
fitness for work 12 months after disc herniation surgery. In addition a predictive tool for this …

A pilot randomized controlled trial on motivational interviewing in return to work after work disability

C Vanovenberghe, A Van den Broeck… - Patient Education and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Does 15-minute consult using Motivational Interviewing (MI) have a positive effect
on (1) time until return to work (RTW) and relapse after work resumption for patients who …

Motivation in the return to work process: a self-determination cluster approach

C Vanovenberghe, A Van den Broeck… - Disability and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Motivation may predict return to work (RTW), yet the measurement of motivation
needs more scientific evidence. We adopt a dimensional approach, based on the self …

Outcome and cost of spinal fractures and spinal tumors

M Du Bois, P Donceel - European Spine Journal, 2010 - Springer
The aim of the study was to delineate rates of surgery, length of hospital stay, return to work,
iterative surgery rates and cost to society of spinal tumor (ST) and spinal fracture (SF) …

Psychosocial determinants predicting long-term sickness absence: a register-based cohort study

K Goorts, I Boets, S Decuman, M Du Bois… - J Epidemiol …, 2020 - jech.bmj.com
Background This study assessed the psychosocial determinants as explanatory variables for
the length of the work disability period. The aim was to estimate the predictive value of a …