Low Back Pain and Substance Use: Diagnostic and Administrative Coding for Opioid Use and Dependence Increased in U.S. Older Adults with Low Back Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of pain and disability. Substance use complicates the management of LBP, and potential risks increase with aging. Despite implications for an aging, diverse U.S. population, substance use and LBP comorbidity remain poorly defined. The objective of this study was to characterize LBP and substance use diagnoses in older U.S. adults by age, gender, and race.

Design

Cross-sectional study of a random national sample.

Subjects

Older adults including 1,477,594 U.S. Medicare Part B beneficiaries.

Methods

Bayesian analysis of 37,634,210 claims, with 10,775,869 administrative and 92,903,649 diagnostic code assignments.

Results

LBP was diagnosed in 14.8±0.06% of those more than 65 years of age, more in females than i

SUBMITTER: Hogans BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8599750 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature