The association between different outcome measures and prognostic factors in patients with neck pain: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health domains like pain, disability, and health-related quality of life are commonly used outcomes for musculoskeletal disorders. Most prognostic studies include only one outcome, and it is unknown if prognostic factors and models may be generic across different outcomes. The objectives of this study were to examine the correlation among commonly used outcomes for neck pain (pain intensity, disability, and health-related quality of life) and to explore how the predictive performance of a prognostic model differs across commonly used outcomes.

Methods

We conducted an observational prospective cohort study with data from patients with neck pain aged 18-84 years consulting Norwegian chiropractors. We used three different outcomes: pain intensity (Numeric Pain Rating

SUBMITTER: Myhrvold BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9281081 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature