ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2014
Restricting back pain and subsequent mobility disability in community-living older persons.
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- Patient-centered professional practice models for managing low back pain in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2017Trial
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- Predicting persistent back pain causing severe interference with daily activities among community-dwelling older adults: the OPAL cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Association of back pain with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older men: a cohort study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Preliminary Characterization of Age and Chronic Low Back Pain Effects on Multimodal Pain Sensitivity: A Comparison Study in Older Adults with and Without Chronic Low Back Pain.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Examining Psychological Factors as Contributors to Pain, Disability, and Physical Function in Geriatric Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Analysis of the Delaware Spine Studies Cohort.The journal of pain · 2024Article
- Construct validity of movement-evoked pain operational definitions in older adults with chronic low back pain.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Observational
- Movement-Evoked Pain Versus Widespread Pain: A Longitudinal Comparison in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain From the Delaware Spine Studies.The journal of pain · 2023Article
- Order of Onset of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment and Risk of Repeated Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Observational
- Trajectories of low back pain from midlife to retirement and functional ability at old age.European journal of public health · 2022Article
- Association of Self-Reported Functional Limitations among a National Community-Based Sample of Older United States Adults with Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Self-perceived functional ability and performance-based testing of physical function in older women with or without long-term back pain - results of the H70 study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- 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
- U.S. National Profile of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Alone, Physical Frailty Alone, and Both.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Article
- Comparison of patient-reported outcomes measurement information system and legacy instruments in multiple domains among older veterans with chronic back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2020Article
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- Persistent Pain Quality as a Novel Approach to Assessing Risk for Disability in Community-Dwelling Elders With Chronic Pain.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the relationship between back pain severe enough to restrict activity (restricting back pain) and subsequent mobility disability in community-living older persons.
designProspective cohort study.
settingGreater New Haven, Connecticut.
participantsCommunity-living men and women aged 70 and older (n = 709). MEASUREMENTS: Restricting back pain and mobility disability (defined as needing help with or unable to walk one-quarter of a mile, climb a flight of stairs, or lift and carry 10 pounds) were assessed during monthly telephone interviews for up to 159 months. The association between restricting back pain and subsequent mobility disability was evaluated using a recurrent-events Cox model. Secondary analyses evaluated the association between restricting back pain and mobility disability for two or more consecutive months (persistent mobility disability). Additional analyses were repeated in participants without baseline mobility disability.
resultsThe event rate for mobility disability was 7.26 per 100-person months (95% confidence interval (CI) = 6.89-7.64). Mobility disability episodes lasted for a median of 2 months (interquartile range (IQR) 1-4). In a recurrent-event Cox regression analysis, after adjusting for 11 covariates, restricting back pain was strongly associated with mobility disability (hazard ratio (HR) = 3.23, 95% CI = 2.87-3.64). The association was maintained when the outcome was defined as persistent mobility disability (adjusted HR = 3.63, 95% CI = 3.15-4.20) and when participants with baseline mobility disability were omitted (adjusted HR = 3.71, 95% CI = 3.22-4.28).
conclusionRestricting back pain was strongly associated with mobility disability. Interventions that prevent or ameliorate restricting back pain may be effective for reducing the burden of mobility disability in older persons.
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