Investigating musculoskeletal health and wellbeing; a cohort study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an ageing population, pain, frailty and disability frequently coexist across a wide range of musculoskeletal diagnoses, but their associations remain incompletely understood. The Investigating Musculoskeletal Health and Wellbeing (IMH&W) study aims to measure and characterise the development and progression of pain, frailty and disability, and to identify discrete subgroups and their associations. The survey will form a longitudinal context for nested research, permitting targeted recruitment of participants for qualitative, observational and interventional studies; helping to understand recruitment bias in clinical studies; and providing a source cohort for cohort randomised controlled trials.

Methods

IMH&W will comprise a prospective cohort of 10,000 adults r

SUBMITTER: Millar B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7085148 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature