Identifying Treatment Effect Modifiers in the STarT Back Trial: A Secondary Analysis

Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 54-65

  Beneciuk, Jason M ^a   Hill, Jonathan C ^b   Campbell, Paul ^b   Afolabi, Ebenezer ^b   George, Steven Z ^a   Dunn, Kate M ^b   Foster, Nadine E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; socioeconomic status; stratified care; subgrouping; treatment effect modification

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85006922633     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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