The presence of 'Yellow Flags' indicate greater risk of progression to psychological distress and disability relating to pain and its management. They include beliefs, emotions, behaviours and supports1. They indicate the need for GP involvement, consideration of a Mental Health plan and psychological therapies.
Yellow Flags (PDF 106KB) are psychosocial factors that increase the risk of developing or perpetuating long-term disability and work loss associated with low back pain.
A yellow flag is operationally defined as scores that fall in the top quartile for negative psychological questionnaires (e.g. PCS, FABQ, PHQ-9) or bottom quartile for positive psychological questionnaires (e.g. PSEQ, CPAQ and SER).
Yellow flags = Psychological risk factors of long-term disability and work loss. Examples of Yellow Flags: • Belief that pain and activity are harmful. • 'Sickness behaviours' (like extended rest) • Low or negative moods, social withdrawal.
Yellow flags are pyschosocial factors shown to be indicative of long term chronicity and disability: A negative attitude that back pain is harmful or potentially severely disabling. Fear avoidance behaviour and reduced activity levels. An expectation that passive, rather than active, treatment will be beneficial.
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Finding painful experiences unbearable, reporting extreme pain disproportionate to the condition. Having unhelpful beliefs about pain and work – for instance, 'if I go back to work my pain will get worse' Becoming preoccupied with health, over-anxious, distressed and low in mood.
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Yellow Flags: Proceed with Caution
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