ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Assessing the Predictive Power of Frailty and Life-Space Mobility on Patient-Reported Outcomes of Disability in Older Adults with Low Back Pain.
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- Effectiveness of epidural steroid injections for low back pain in older adults: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review on the associations between low back pain and frailty in community-dwelling older adults.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2025Pooled it
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- Frailty and Incident Low Back Pain in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Longitudinal Evidence and Genetic Triangulation.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic in Older Adults with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Path Analysis Model.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Longitudinal association between frailty and pain in three prospective cohorts of older population.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
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- Perspectives on the COVID-19 pandemic and life-space mobility in older adults.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Causal associations between frailty and low back pain: a bidirectional two-sample mendelian randomization study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- [What importance does outpatient care have for mobility in rural areas? Results from a GPS study among persons aged 75 and older].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrailty and decreased life-space mobility are known as risk factors to develop physical limitations leading to disability in older adults with low back pain (LBP). This cross sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence and predictive power of frailty and life-space mobility on patient-reported outcomes of disability in older adults with LBP.
methodsThe sample comprised 165 older adults with LBP who visited two tertiary care hospitals between December 2021 and February 2022. The participants responded to structured standard questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and robust logistic regression.
resultsMore than two-thirds of participants were classified as non-frail (26.67%) or pre-frail (66.67%). Mobility restrictions and minimal to severe disability were identified. Controlling other variables, frailty (OR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.14-2.64) and restricted life-space mobility (OR = 0.42, 95% CI: 0.26-0.67) were significantly associated with disability. Integrating frailty with life-space mobility evaluations demonstrated the highest predictive power for disability-related LBP (AUC = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.84-0.93).
conclusionFrailty and restricted life-space mobility significantly predicted disability in older adults with LBP. Healthcare professionals should recognize the critical importance of integrating patient-reported outcomes with screening for frailty and life-space mobility limitation to optimize care or tract symptom progression.
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