Book Description:
Throughout the world, musculoskeletal disorders are a leading cause of chronic disease morbidity, and the chronic musculoskeletal pain affects millions of people. Moreover, chronic musculoskeletal pain impacts negatively on physical health in several ways. This book is an exploration of the relationship between optimism, quality of life and pain among health care professionals suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

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Table of Contents:
Introduction, pp. 1-2

Chapter 1. Chronic musculoskeletal pain and quality of life, pp. 3

Chapter 2. Impacts in Physical health, 5

Chapter 3. Impacts in Mental health, 7-8

Chapter 4. Dispositional optimism, pp. 9-12

Methodology:

Chapter 5. Measures, pp. 13-15

Chapter 6. Statistical analyses, pp. 17-22

Chapter 7. Testing for control variables, pp. 23-39

Conclusion, pp. 41-56

Index