<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potter, R G</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jones, J M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boardman, A P</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A prospective study of primary care patients with musculoskeletal pain: the identification of predictive factors for chronicity.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">British Journal of General Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000-03-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">225-227</style></pages><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">452</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Primary care faces the challenge of reducing the proportion of patients continuing with musculoskeletal pain beyond the acute phase. This study assessed patients presenting in general practice with a four- to 12-week history of pain and re-assessed them 12 weeks later. Patients whose pain was described as 'none' or 'slight' were allocated to the 'acute group', and those whose pain continued to be 'moderate' or 'severe' were allocated to the 'chronic group'. Comparative analysis of the two groups' responses at initial assessment identified pain intensity, active coping score, and previous pain episode to be factors independently predictive of chronicity.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>