Race, Social Status, and Depressive Symptoms: A Moderated Mediation Analysis of Chronic Low Back Pain Interference and Severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is the leading cause of disability, with a significant societal cost. It disproportionately affects non-Hispanic blacks and individuals of lower socioeconomic status. The biopsychosocial framework has been used to study and manage cLBP, yet disparities persist.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess whether self-identified race moderated the relationship between perceived social status and cLBP outcomes (pain interference and pain severity) and investigate whether race moderated the indirect relationship between perceived social status and pain outcomes via depressive symptoms.

Methods

Fifty-seven blacks and 48 whites with cLBP were recruited as part of a large ongoing study. Depressive symptoms, objective and subje

SUBMITTER: Aroke EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725357 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature