Measures of sleep disturbance are not routinely captured in trials for chronic low back pain: a systematic scoping review of 282 trials.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To investigate the extent to which sleep measures are reported in intervention trials for chronic low back pain.

Methods

A systematic scoping review was conducted. Ovid MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, and CINAHL were queried for trials published between January 2010 and December 2022 using keywords related to chronic low back pain. Two reviewers screened and reviewed abstracts and full texts for eligibility criteria and extracted data. Randomized intervention trials with the aim to treat pain or disability related to chronic low back pain in adults were included. Data were pooled and synthesized from trials that included a measure of sleep.

Results

Two hundred eighty-two trials conducted in 40 different countries were included in the final review. Twenty-s

SUBMITTER: Neilson BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10620655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature