A Scoping Review of Chronic Low Back Pain Classification Schemes Based on Patient-Reported Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2014, the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium Research Task Force recommended that patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) be stratified by its impact on their lives. They proposed the Impact Stratification Score (ISS) to help guide therapy and facilitate study comparability. The ISS has been evaluated as a continuous measure, but not for use as a stratification or classification scheme.

Objectives

Identify the characteristics of successful schemes to inform the use of the ISS for stratification or classification.

Study design

Scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature.

Methods

Search of PubMed, CINAHL, and APA PsycInfo to identify patient self-report-based classification schemes applicable to CLBP. Data were captured on the metho

SUBMITTER: Herman PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543950 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature