Recurrence and care seeking after acute back pain: Results of a long-term follow-up study

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Carey, Timothy S ^a,b   Garrett, Joanne Mills ^a   Jackman, Anne ^b   Hadler, Nortin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Functional status; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0033069898     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199902000-00006     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Carey TS, Garrett J, Jackman A, McLaughlin C, Fryer J, Smucker DR, et al. The outcomes and costs of care for acute low back pain among patients seen by primary care practioners, chiropractors, and orthopedic surgeons. N Engl J Med 1995;333(14):913.
2. Surles KB. North Carolina's minorities: Who and where. In: CHES studies. No. 72, Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, 1993.
3. Carey TS, Evans AT, Hadler NM, et al. Acute severe low back pain: A population-based study of prevalence and care-seeking. Spine 1996;21:339.
4. Roland M, Morris R. A study of the natural history of back pain. Part I: Development of a reliable and sensitive measure of disability in low-back pain. Spine 1983;8:141.
5. Deyo RA. Comparative validity of the Sickness Impact Profile and shorter seales for functional assessment in low-back pain. Spine 1986;11:951.
6. Patrick DL, Deyo RA, Atlas SJ, Singer DE, Chapin A, Keller RB. Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with sciatica. Spine 1995;20(17):1899.
7. PC SAS, version 6.04. Cary: SAS Institute, 1987.
8. StataCorp 1995 Stata statistical software: release 4.0. College Station: Stata Corporation, 1995.
9. Von Korf M, Deyo RA, Cherkin D, Barlow W. Back pain in primary care: Outcomes at one year. Spine 1993;18(7):855.
10. Meade TW, Dyer, Browne, Townsend, Frank AO. Low back pain of mechanical origin: Randomized comparison of chiropractic and hospital outpatient treatment. BMJ 1990;303:1431.
11. Carey TS, Garrett J, Jackman A, Sanders L, Kalsbeek W. Reporting of acute low back pain in a telephone interview: Identification of potential biases. Spine 1985;20:787.
12. Cherkin DC, MacCormick FA. Patient evaluations of low back pain care from family physicians and chiropractors. West J Med 1989;150:351.
13. Hadler NM. Regional back pain. Predicament at home, nemesis at work. J Occup Environ Med 1996;38:973.