Article

Among occupational risk factors of recurrence, chronicity and no return to work
in low back pain, poor job satisfaction is the only high evidence-based factor.
OBJECTIVE: To find out any validated questionnaire usable to assess job
satisfaction in low back pain patients, both in clinical practice and research
setting. METHOD: A systematic literature search on Pubmed and Cochrane library
databases and un-indexed literature was made. "Job satisfaction" and "low back
pain" keywords were used.
Only English and French relevant articles were
retained. A double assessment was made of listed questionnaires according to
psychometric properties and daily practice use. RESULTS: Among the 40 articles
retained only four used a validated questionnaire. Among the 12 different
questionnaires, only two are validated in their English version (Job Descriptive
Index [JDI] and the Work Environment Scale [WES]) and one in its French Version
(JDI). Because they are time consuming, use these questionnaires in daily
practice seems difficult. CONCLUSION: Based on literature review and
questionnaire heterogeneity, at this time, there is no reference job satisfaction
questionnaire. For daily practice, global job satisfaction visual analog scale
could be useful. For research and intervention, JDI is more suitable despite its
validity is still questionable.
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