Consistent evidence was found for the predictive value of pain intensity ( more pain-- > worse outcome ) , several work-related parameters ( e.g. , high satisfaction-- > better outcome ) , and coping style ( less active coping-- > better outcome ) .
Other sociodemographic and physical variables consistently lacked predictive value .
No consistent evidence was found for other psychological variables .
CONCLUSIONS It is impossible to define a generic set of predictors of outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation and back schools for patients with chronic low back pain because the review ed studies were descriptive or exploratory in nature , and most predictors were only studied once .
Nevertheless , for several predictors , consistent evidence was found .
OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation-or back school treatment  for patients with chronic low back pain .
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Numerous review s have been performed to gain insight into which patients benefit from which treatment .
However , no review has systematic ally focused on predictors from multiple domains ( i.e. , sociodemographic , physical , and psychological ) , or on treatment outcome measured as activity limitation or participation restriction .
Predictive utility of the CSQ in low back pain: individual vs. composite measures
& NA ; Research ers have typically used factor‐analytic composite measures of coping , instead of individual scales , to predict rehabilitation outcome . There are , however , both advantages and disadvantages to using individual or composite scores . This study extended the findings of Jensen et al. ( 1992 ) , by prospect ively comparing the individual and composite scores of the  Coping Strategies Question naire ( CSQ ) in the prediction of 4 types of adjustment to low back pain . Two‐hundred patients completed the  CSQ  , the Oswestry Index , the SCL‐90R , and 4 lifting tasks at admission and discharge from a multidisciplinary pain clinic .  Return to work was determined at 9‐month follow‐up . The CSQ scales were factor‐analyzed to devise composite indices , and the 3 result ant factors were compared to the individual scales in the prediction of pain and other outcomes . The results indicated that the relative predictive utility of the composite or individual scales depended on which outcome measure was used to define adjustment
Consistent evidence was found for the predictive value of pain intensity ( more pain-- > worse outcome ) , several work-related parameters ( e.g. , high satisfaction-- > better outcome ) , and coping style ( less active coping-- > better outcome ) .
Other sociodemographic and physical variables consistently lacked predictive value .
No consistent evidence was found for other psychological variables .
CONCLUSIONS It is impossible to define a generic set of predictors of outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation and back schools for patients with chronic low back pain because the review ed studies were descriptive or exploratory in nature , and most predictors were only studied once .
Nevertheless , for several predictors , consistent evidence was found .
OBJECTIVE To determine predictors of outcome of multidisciplinary rehabilitation-or back school treatment  for patients with chronic low back pain .
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Numerous review s have been performed to gain insight into which patients benefit from which treatment .
However , no review has systematic ally focused on predictors from multiple domains ( i.e. , sociodemographic , physical , and psychological ) , or on treatment outcome measured as activity limitation or participation restriction .