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Observational studyMedicine2018

Predicting outcomes of acute low back pain patients in emergency department: A prospective observational cohort study.

Celia Ia Choo Tan, Jennifer Suet Ching Liaw, Bo Jiang, Sohil Equbal Pothiawala, Huihua Li, Mark Kwok Fai Leong

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The clinical course of acute, subacute and persistent low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Celia Ia Choo TanGroup Allied Health, Singapore Health Services Department of Physiotherapy, Singapore General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital Health Services Research Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Jennifer Suet Ching Liaw
Bo Jiang
Sohil Equbal Pothiawala
Huihua Li
Mark Kwok Fai Leong
Singapore General Hospital · SGSingHealth · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint among patients presenting to emergency department (ED) in Singapore. The STarT Back Screening Tool (SBT) was recently developed and validated for triage of LBP patients in primary care settings. This study aimed to investigate whether the SBT could provide prognostic information for long-term outcomes of acute LBP patients visiting the ED, who might benefit from appropriate and timely management at an earlier stage.Data were collected in a prospective observational cohort study from 177 patients who consulted emergency physicians for acute LBP and completed 6-month follow-up. Patients were administered the SBT and assessed at baseline. Follow-up assessments were conducted at 6 weeks and 6 months.A multiple linear regression model incorporating SBT total score, age, employment status, LBP history, and 6-week pain score was constructed to predict 6-month pain score. In the model, SBT total score and 6-week pain score were significantly associated with 6-month pain score (P < .05) with respective coefficients of 0.125 and 0.500. The model explained 40.1% of the variance for 6-month pain score.This study demonstrated that the multiple linear regression model showed predictive performance in determining long-term outcomes for acute LBP patients presenting to the ED.

Indexed as

Acute PainAdultCohort StudiesDisability EvaluationEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLow Back PainMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePain MeasurementPrognosisProspective Studies

Identifiers

PMID29952991
PMCPMC6039631
OpenAlexW2810880111

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