Estimating the Risk of Chronic Pain: Development and Validation of a Prognostic Model (PICKUP) for Patients with Acute Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low back pain (LBP) is a major health problem. Globally it is responsible for the most years lived with disability. The most problematic type of LBP is chronic LBP (pain lasting longer than 3 mo); it has a poor prognosis and is costly, and interventions are only moderately effective. Targeting interventions according to risk profile is a promising approach to prevent the onset of chronic LBP. Developing accurate prognostic models is the first step. No validated prognostic models are available to accurately predict the onset of chronic LBP. The primary aim of this study was to develop and validate a prognostic model to estimate the risk of chronic LBP.

Methods and findings

We used the PROGRESS framework to specify a priori methods, which we published in a study pro

SUBMITTER: Traeger AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4871494 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature