Predictive Validity of the STarT Back Tool for Risk of Persistent Disabling Back Pain in a U.S. Primary Care Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the predictive validity of the Subgrouping for Targeted Treatment (STarT Back) tool for classifying people with back pain into categories of low, medium, and high risk of persistent disabling back pain in U.S. primary care.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from participants receiving usual care in a randomized clinical trial.

Setting

Primary care clinics.

Participants

Adults (N = 1109) ≥18 years of age with back pain. Those with specific causes of back pain (pregnancy, disc herniation, vertebral fracture, spinal stenosis) and work-related injuries were not included.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

The original 9-item version of the STarT Back tool, administered at baseline, stratified patients by their ris

SUBMITTER: Suri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064386 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature