Education, job position, income or multidimensional indices? Associations between different socioeconomic status indicators and chronic low back pain in a German sample: a longitudinal field study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To investigate associations between socioeconomic status (SES) indicators (education, job position, income, multidimensional index) and the genesis of chronic low back pain (CLBP). DESIGN:Longitudinal field study (baseline and 6-month follow-up). SETTING:Four medical clinics across Germany. PARTICIPANTS:352 people were included according to the following criteria: (1) between 18 and 65 years of age, (2) intermittent pain and (3) an understanding of the study and the ability to answer a questionnaire without help. Exclusion criteria were: (1) pregnancy, (2) inability to stand upright, (3) inability to give sick leave information, (4) signs of serious spinal pathology, (5) acute pain in the past 7 days or (6) an incomplete SES indicators questionnaire. OUTCOME MEASURES:Subjective i

SUBMITTER: Fliesser M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931294 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature