How is recovery defined and measured in patients with low back pain? Protocol for a mixed study systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This protocol describes the methods for a mixed study systematic review aiming to explore the definitions and measurements of recovery in patients with low back pain, and how perspectives of recovery differ between patients and providers. This review will be the first to review the concept of recovery in patients with low back pain across both quantitative and qualitative literature.

Methods and analysis

This protocol has been designed and reported in line with Preferred Reporting Items of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols. The following databases will be electronically searched from database inception until 30 November 2021: Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane, PEDro. Grey literature will be searched for through targeted searching of ProQuest Dissert

SUBMITTER: Lukacs MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9092166 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature