Factors shaping expectations for complete relief from symptoms during rehabilitation for patients with spine pain.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Patient expectations are related to treatment outcome across a broad variety of patient conditions. Here we sought to examine factors associated with the expectation of complete relief from treatment for spinal pain. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of data pooled from two randomized controlled trials of conservative rehabilitation interventions. PATIENTS:252 patients (103 men, 149 women) with neck (n = 140) or back (n = 112) pain. METHODS:We used logistic regression model with backward elimination to test which patient clinical or demographic factors were most related to the expectation of complete relief. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The expectation of complete recovery, which was collected at the baseline examination visit in the primary trials. RESULTS:The final model examining the contrib

SUBMITTER: Bishop MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6109607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature