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Study protocol title: a prospective cohort study of low back pain.
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BMC musculoskeletal disorders [BMC Musculoskelet Disord] 2013 Mar 07; Vol. 14, pp. 84. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 07. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Background: Few prospective cohort studies of workplace low back pain (LBP) with quantified job physical exposure have been performed. There are few prospective epidemiological studies for LBP occupational risk factors and reported data generally have few adjustments for many personal and psychosocial factors.<br />Methods/design: A multi-center prospective cohort study has been incepted to quantify risk factors for LBP and potentially develop improved methods for designing and analyzing jobs. Due to the subjectivity of LBP, six measures of LBP are captured: 1) any LBP, 2) LBP ≥ 5/10 pain rating, 3) LBP with medication use, 4) LBP with healthcare provider visits, 5) LBP necessitating modified work duties and 6) LBP with lost work time. Workers have thus far been enrolled from 30 different employment settings in 4 diverse US states and performed widely varying work. At baseline, workers undergo laptop-administered questionnaires, structured interviews, and two standardized physical examinations to ascertain demographics, medical history, psychosocial factors, hobbies and physical activities, and current musculoskeletal disorders. All workers' jobs are individually measured for physical factors and are videotaped. Workers are followed monthly for the development of low back pain. Changes in jobs necessitate re-measure and re-videotaping of job physical factors. The lifetime cumulative incidence of low back pain will also include those with a past history of low back pain. Incident cases will exclude prevalent cases at baseline. Statistical methods planned include survival analyses and logistic regression.<br />Discussion: Data analysis of a prospective cohort study of low back pain is underway and has successfully enrolled over 800 workers to date.
- Subjects :
- Absenteeism
Humans
Incidence
Interviews as Topic
Logistic Models
Low Back Pain diagnosis
Low Back Pain mortality
Low Back Pain physiopathology
Low Back Pain therapy
Occupational Diseases diagnosis
Occupational Diseases mortality
Occupational Diseases physiopathology
Occupational Diseases therapy
Pain Measurement
Physical Examination
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Sick Leave
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survival Analysis
United States epidemiology
Video Recording
Workplace
Ergonomics
Low Back Pain epidemiology
Occupational Diseases epidemiology
Occupational Health
Occupations
Research Design
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471-2474
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMC musculoskeletal disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23497211
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-84