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7
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2011-6-27
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Transition from acute whiplash injury to either recovery or chronicity and the development of chronic whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) remains a challenging issue for researchers and clinicians. The roles of social support and personality traits in long-term functioning following whiplash have not been studied concomitantly. The present study aimed to examine whether social support and personality traits are related to long-term functioning following whiplash. One hundred forty-three subjects, who had experienced a whiplash injury in a traffic accident 10-26 months before the study took place, participated. The initial diagnoses were a 'sprain of the neck' (ICD-9 code 847.0); only the outcome of grades I-III acute WAD was studied. Long-term functioning was considered within the biopsychosocial model: it was expressed in terms of disability, functional status, quality of life and psychological well-being. Participants filled out a set of questionnaires to measure the long-term functioning parameters (i.e. the Neck Disability Index, Medical Outcome Study Short-Form General Health Survey, Anamnestic Comparative Self-Assessment measure of overall well-being and the Symptom Checklist-90) and potential determinants of long-term functioning (the Dutch Personality Questionnaire and the Social Support List). The results suggest that social support (especially the discrepancies dimension of social support) and personality traits (i.e. inadequacy, self-satisfaction and resentment) are related to long-term functioning following whiplash injury (Spearman rho varied between 0.32 and 0.57; p?<?0.01). Within the discrepancy dimension, everyday emotional support, emotional support during problems, appreciative support and informative support were identified as important correlates of long-term functioning. Future prospective studies are required to confirm the role of social support and personality traits in relation to long-term functioning following whiplash. For such studies, a broad view of long-term functioning within the biopsychological model should be applied.
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eng
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IM
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MEDLINE
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Jul
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1434-9949
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Electronic
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| pubmed:volume |
30
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NLM
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Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
927-35
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pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Accidents, Traffic,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Disability Evaluation,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Disease Progression,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Personality,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Quality of Life,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Recovery of Function,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Self-Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Social Support,
pubmed-meshheading:21327685-Whiplash Injuries
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| pubmed:year |
2011
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Long-term functioning following whiplash injury: the role of social support and personality traits.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Building L-Mfys, Pleinlaan 2, BE-1050, Brussels, Belgium. Jo.Nijs@vub.ac.be
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Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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