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SynthesisEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2020

Chronic physical illnesses, mental health disorders, and psychological features as potential risk factors for back pain from childhood to young adulthood: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Amber M Beynon, Jeffrey J Hebert, Christopher J Hodgetts, Leah M Boulos, Bruce F Walker

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Synthesis in 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, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Amber M BeynonCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia. amber.beynon@murdoch.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-1302-4429
Jeffrey J HebertCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
Christopher J HodgettsCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
Leah M BoulosMaritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit, 5790 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3H 1V7, Canada.
Bruce F WalkerCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia.
Murdoch University · AUUniversity of New Brunswick · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report evidence of chronic physical illnesses, mental health disorders, and psychological features as potential risk factors for back pain in children, adolescents, and young adults.

methodsThis systematic review and meta-analysis included cohort and inception cohort studies that investigated potential risk factors for back pain in young people. Potential risk factors of interest were chronic physical illnesses, mental health disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety), and other psychological features (e.g. coping, resistance). Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and Scopus from inception to July 2019.

resultsNineteen of 2167 screened articles were included in the qualitative synthesis, and data from 12 articles were included in the meta-analysis. Evidence from inception cohort studies demonstrated psychological distress, emotional coping problems, and somatosensory amplification to be likely risk factors for back pain. Evidence from non-inception cohort studies cannot distinguish between risk factors or back pain triggers. However, we identified several additional factors that were associated with back pain. Specifically, asthma, headaches, abdominal pain, depression, anxiety, conduct problems, somatization, and 'feeling tense' are potential risk factors or triggers for back pain. Results from the meta-analyses demonstrated the most likely risk factors for back pain in young people are psychological distress and emotional coping problems.

conclusionPsychological features are the most likely risk factors for back pain in young people. Several other factors were associated with back pain, but their potential as risk factors was unclear due to risk of bias. Additional high-quality research is needed to better elucidate these relationships. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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Back PainDepressionMental DisordersQuality of LifeAdolescentAdultChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthProspective StudiesRisk FactorsYoung AdultBack painChildrenMeta-analysisRisk factorsSystematic reviewYoung adult

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PMID31907659
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