ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2014
Risk factors for restricting back pain in older persons.
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- Risk factors for non-specific low back pain in older people: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological and immunological associations with movement-evoked low back pain among older adults.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Comparison of the Characteristics of Back Pain in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis with and without Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Retrospective Study at a Single Osteoporosis Center in Poland.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Disability After Emergency Department Discharge in Older Adults.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2020Article
- Using Pain Medication Intensity to Stratify Back Pain Among Older Adults.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Disability in Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Living Older Adults.Journal of aging and health · 2018Article
- Physical, Emotional, and Social Impacts of Restricting Back Pain in Older Adults: A Qualitative Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2017Article
- Restricting back pain and subsequent mobility disability in community-living older persons.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify risk factors for back pain leading to restricted activity (restricting back pain) in older persons.
designProspective cohort study.
settingGreater New Haven, Connecticut.
participantsA total of 731 men and women aged 70 years or older, who were community living and nondisabled in essential activities of daily living at baseline. MEASUREMENTS: Candidate risk factors were ascertained every 18 months for 108 months during comprehensive home-based assessments. Restricting back pain was assessed during monthly telephone interviews for up to 126 months. Incident episodes of (1) short-term (1 episode lasting 1 month) restricting back pain; and (2) persistent (1 episode lasting 2 or more months) or recurrent (2 or more episodes of any duration) restricting back pain were determined during each 18-month interval. The associations between the candidate risk factors and short-term and persistent/recurrent restricting back pain, respectively, were evaluated using a multivariable Cox model.
resultsThe cumulative incidence was 21.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 19.6%-23.1%) for short-term restricting back pain and 20.6% (CI 18.6%-22.9%) for persistent/recurrent restricting back pain over a median follow-up of 109 months. In a recurrent event multivariable analysis, female sex (hazard ratio [HR] 1.30; 1.07-1.58), weak grip strength (HR 1.24; 1.01-1.52), and hip weakness (HR 1.19; 1.07-1.32) were independently associated with an increased likelihood of having short-term restricting back pain, whereas female sex (HR 1.48; CI 1.13-1.94), depressive symptoms (HR 1.57; 1.23-2.00), 2 or more chronic conditions (HR 1.38; 1.08-1.77), and arthritis (HR 1.66; 1.31-2.09) were independently associated with persistent/recurrent restricting back pain.
conclusionIn this prospective study, several factors were independently associated with restricting back pain, including some that may be modifiable and therefore potential targets for interventions to reduce this common and often recurrent condition in older persons.
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