ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2022
Neck and back pain: Differences between patients treated in primary and specialist health care.
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- Summarizing the effects of different exercise types in chronic neck pain - a systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Pooled it
- Predicting high health care use in patients with spinal disorder in secondary care: model development and validation.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Enhancing home rehabilitation through AI-driven virtual assistants: a narrative review.Annals of translational medicine · 2025Review
- Health consequences of graded, full, and no sickness absence among workers with musculoskeletal disorders: health profiles and six-months symptom changes of patients referred to Norwegian outpatient clinics for chronic neck and back pain.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Cohort profile: the Norwegian Neck and Back Registry (NNRR): a medical quality registry for patients with neck and back complaints.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Patient characteristics and healthcare use for high-cost patients with musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: a cohort study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: trends in health care utilization and patient pathways: a nationwide register study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2024Article
- Combination of health care service use and the relation to demographic and socioeconomic factors for patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a descriptive cohort study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe and compare patients with neck and back pain treated by physiotherapists in primary healthcare (PHC) and in departments for physical medicine and rehabilitation in specialist healthcare (SHC) in Norway.
designCross-sectional study using data from the FYSIOPRIM database in PHC and the Norwegian Neck and Back Registry in SHC. Neck and back pain patients in the period 2014-18 aged ≥ 18 years were included. Demographics, lifestyle and clinical factors were investigated.
resultsA total of 8,125 patients were included: 584 in PHC and 7,541 in SHC. Mean age was 47.1 and 45.5 years, respectively, with more females in PHC (72% vs 56%). Low levels of education and physical activity, high workload and receiving social benefits were associated with treatment in SHC. Treatment in SHC was most common from 3 to 12 months' pain duration. Higher pain intensity and lower health-related quality of life were found in patients treated in SHC, no differences were found for psychological distress.
conclusionThis is the first study comparing register data in patients with neck and back pain treated in PHC and SHC. Differences were found in pain and health-related quality of life, but levels of psychological distress were similar between patients treated in PHC and those treated in SHC.
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