Long-term sick-leavers with @entity239 : Comparing their multidisciplinarily assessed characteristics with those of others with chronic pain conditions and XXXX .

@entity1 @entity239 @entity308 @entity158 @entity1314 @entity925
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to gain knowledge of @entity239 ( @entity239 ) @entity1 on long-term sick leave and with particular difficulties in resuming work, and to compare them with @entity1 with @entity925 , back or joint diagnoses, and @entity308 . METHODS: @entity1 were identified by and referred from social insurance offices and were multidisciplinarily examined by three board-certified specialists in psychiatry, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation medicine. Ninety-two @entity1 were diagnosed with @entity239 only. Three female comparison groups were chosen: @entity308 , back/joint diagnoses, and @entity925 . RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Ceaseless @entity158 was reported by 73% of @entity239 @entity1 , 54% of back/joint diagnoses @entity1 , 43% of @entity925 @entity1 , and 35% of @entity308 @entity1 . The distribution of @entity158 (>50%) in @entity239 @entity1 was to almost all regions of the body, and in @entity308 @entity1 to the lower dorsal neck, upper shoulders and lumbosacral back but not in the anterior body. Reduced sleep was more evident in @entity239 @entity1 . @entity239 @entity1 did not meet more criteria for @entity1314 than @entity1 with the other @entity158 conditions. The most common dimension of "personality traits" of @entity158 conditions was the "obsessive compulsive" but at a level clearly below that indicating a @entity1314 . More @entity239 @entity1 experienced disabilities, the most common being in the mobility and domestic-life areas.
