Application of a diagnosis-based clinical decision guide in patients with neck pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neck pain (NP) is a common cause of disability. Accurate and efficacious methods of diagnosis and treatment have been elusive. A diagnosis-based clinical decision guide (DBCDG; previously referred to as a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule) has been proposed which attempts to provide the clinician with a systematic, evidence-based guide in applying the biopsychosocial model of care. The approach is based on three questions of diagnosis. The purpose of this study is to present the prevalence of findings using the DBCDG in consecutive patients with NP.

Methods

Demographic, diagnostic and baseline outcome measure data were gathered on a cohort of NP patients examined by one of three examiners trained in the application of the DBCDG.

Results

Data were gathe

SUBMITTER: Murphy DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3177766 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature