The Association between Early Opioids Prescribing and the Length of Disability in Acute Lower Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is conflicting evidence with respect to whether early opioid prescribing (EOP) within the first two weeks of acute Low Back Pain (LBP) onset is associated with the length of disability (LOD). The aim of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between EOP and LOD in individuals with acute LBP.

Methods

A systematic search of Medline, EMBASE, and CINAHL was conducted. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to assess the methodological quality of included studies. A narrative synthesis of findings was used owing to between-study heterogeneity.

Results

Six cohort studies using workers' compensation administrative data on 178,130 adults with LBP were included. Most studies were of good methodological quality. One study reported that LBP cases wi

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9566201 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature