Associations of Race and Ethnicity With Patient-Reported Outcomes and Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults Initiating a New Episode of Care for Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Secondary analysis of the Back Pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort study.

Objective

To characterize associations of self-reported race/ethnicity with back pain (BP) patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and health care utilization among older adults with a new episode of care for BP.

Summary of background data

No prior longitudinal studies have characterized associations between multiple race/ethnicity groups, and BP-related PROs and health care utilization in the United States.

Methods

This study included 5117 participants ≥65 years from three US health care systems. The primary BP-related PROs were BP intensity and back-related functional limitations over 24 months. Health care utilization measures included common diagnostic tests and

SUBMITTER: Milani CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972040 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature