Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Back pain in seniors: the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort baseline data.
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Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) Registry and Repository
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cost-effectiveness of spinal manipulative therapy, supervised exercise, and home exercise for older adults with chronic neck pain.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2016Trial
- Two-years clinical course of pain intensity and symptom satisfaction for latent classes in older adults with back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
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- Risk Factors Associated With Low Back Pain in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in 2023.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Effects of Individual Psychological Factors and Cumulative Psychological Distress on Prospective Pain Quality in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2025Article
- Predicting persistent back pain causing severe interference with daily activities among community-dwelling older adults: the OPAL cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Bodily pain and vitality are the key factors in the disability of chronic low back pain patients under Short Form 36 base study: a five-year cohort study.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- Chronic Low Back Pain Causal Risk Factors Identified by Mendelian Randomization: a Cross-Sectional Cohort Analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Outcomes of a 12-Week Digital Rehabilitation Program for Musculoskeletal Pain: Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
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- Multi-Dimensional Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain among Underserved African American and Latino Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A New Routine for Analyzing Brief Symptom Inventory Profiles in Chronic Pain Patients to Evaluate Psychological Comorbidity.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Comparing three approaches for involving patients in research prioritization: a qualitative study of participant experiences.Research involvement and engagement · 2020Article
- Is there a relationship between self-efficacy, disability, pain and sociodemographic characteristics in chronic low back pain? A multicenter retrospective analysis.Archives of physiotherapy · 2019Article
- The impact of low back pain on health-related quality of life in old age: results from a survey of a large sample of Swiss elders living in the community.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2018Article
- Associations of Early Opioid Use With Patient-reported Outcomes and Health Care Utilization Among Older Adults With Low Back Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2018Article
- Using Natural Language Processing of Free-Text Radiology Reports to Identify Type 1 Modic Endplate Changes.Journal of digital imaging · 2018Article
- Prioritizing research topics: a comparison of crowdsourcing and patient registry.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Increased and decreased pelvic incidence, sagittal facet joint orientations are associated with lumbar spine osteoarthritis in a large cadaveric collection.International orthopaedics · 2017Article
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15 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundBack pain represents a substantial burden globally, ranking first in a recent assessment among causes of years lived with disability. Though back pain is widely studied among working age adults, there are gaps with respect to basic descriptive epidemiology among seniors, especially in the United States. Our goal was to describe how pain, function and health-related quality of life vary by demographic and geographic factors among seniors presenting to primary care providers with new episodes of care for back pain.
methodsWe examined baseline data from the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) registry, the largest inception cohort to date of seniors presenting to a primary care provider for back pain. The sample included 5,239 patients ≥ 65 years old with a new primary care visit for back pain at three integrated health systems (Northern California Kaiser-Permanente, Henry Ford Health System [Detroit], and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates [Boston]). We examined differences in patient characteristics across healthcare sites and associations of patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics with baseline patient-reported measures of pain, function, and health-related quality of life.
resultsPatients differed across sites in demographic and other characteristics. The Detroit site had more African-American patients (50%) compared with the other sites (7-8%). The Boston site had more college graduates (68%) compared with Detroit (20%). Female sex, lower educational status, African-American race, and older age were associated with worse functional disability as measured by the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire. Except for age, these factors were also associated with worse pain.
conclusionsBaseline pain and functional impairment varied substantially with a number of factors in the BOLD cohort. Healthcare site was an important factor. After controlling for healthcare site, lower education, female sex, African-American race, and older age were associated with worse physical disability and all of these factors except age were associated with worse pain.
trial registrationClinical Trials.gov NCT01776242; Registration date: June 13, 2012.
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