Prevalence of low back pain as the primary pain site and factors associated with low health-related quality of life in a large Japanese population: A pain-associated cross-sectional epidemiological survey

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-348

  Yamada, Koji ^a   Matsudaira, Ko ^b   Takeshita, Katsushi ^a   Oka, Hiroyuki ^c   Hara, Nobuhiro ^a   Takagi, Yasuo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disability; EQ 5D; Low back pain; Multisite pain; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EQ 5D INSTRUMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSOCIATED CROSS SECTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY; PAIN PARAMETERS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905054232     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2013.854067     Document Type: Article

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