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Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult: Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment: Part IV: Depression.
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- Testing a Personalized Approach to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Older Veterans.Arthritis care & research · 2026Trial
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- Management of chronic low back pain and the impact on patients' personal and professional lives: Results from an international patient survey.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2022Article
- A history of depression in patients attending a chronic pain management clinic in South Africa: A retrospective chart review.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2022Article
- Associations of Multiple Chronic Conditions With Physical Performance and Falls Among Older Adults With Back Pain: A Longitudinal, Population-based Study.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in Australian baby boomers: the Busselton healthy ageing study.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Update on structured pain assessment for the documentation of diagnosis-independent symptoms and signs associated with pain.Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Article
- Development of a Clinical Decision Aid for Chiropractic Management of Common Conditions Causing Low Back Pain in Veterans: Results of a Consensus Process.Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics · 2019Article
- Association of Statin Use with Increased Risk of Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Drug safety · 2018Article
- An E-learning Module on Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Effect on Medical Resident Attitudes, Confidence, Knowledge, and Clinical Skills.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2018Article
- [The AMDS system for the documentation of symptoms and signs associated with pain].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2017Article
- Depression and chronic pain in the elderly: links and management challenges.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Review
- Relationship of depression in participants with nonspecific acute or subacute low back pain and no-pain by age distribution.Journal of pain research · 2017Article
- Deconstructing Chronic Low Back Pain in the Older Adult-Step by Step Evidence and Expert-Based Recommendations for Evaluation and Treatment: Part XI: Dementia.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2016Article
- Effect of depression and neuropathic pain using questionnaires on quality of life in patients with low back pain; cross-sectional retrospective study.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 · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo present the fourth in a series of articles designed to deconstruct chronic low back pain (CLBP) in older adults. The series presents CLBP as a syndrome, a final common pathway for the expression of multiple contributors rather than a disease localized exclusively to the lumbosacral spine. Each article addresses one of twelve important contributors to pain and disability in older adults with CLBP. This article focuses on depression.
methodsThe evaluation and treatment algorithm, a table articulating the rationale for the individual algorithm components, and stepped-care drug recommendations were developed using a modified Delphi approach. The Principal Investigator, a three-member content expert panel, and a nine-member primary care panel were involved in the iterative development of these materials. The algorithm was developed keeping in mind medications and other resources available within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities. As panelists were not exclusive to the VHA, the materials can be applied in both VHA and civilian settings. The illustrative clinical case was taken from one of the contributor's clinical practice.
resultsWe present an algorithm and supportive materials to help guide the care of older adults with depression, an important contributor to CLBP. The case illustrates an example of a complex clinical presentation in which depression was an important contributor to symptoms and disability in an older adult with CLBP.
conclusionsDepression is common and should be evaluated routinely in the older adult with CLBP so that appropriately targeted treatments can be planned and implemented.
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