Back pain in seniors: the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort baseline data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Back pain represents a substantial burden globally, ranking first in a recent assessment among causes of years lived with disability. Though back pain is widely studied among working age adults, there are gaps with respect to basic descriptive epidemiology among seniors, especially in the United States. Our goal was to describe how pain, function and health-related quality of life vary by demographic and geographic factors among seniors presenting to primary care providers with new episodes of care for back pain.

Methods

We examined baseline data from the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) registry, the largest inception cohort to date of seniors presenting to a primary care provider for back pain. The sample included 5,239 patients ≥ 65 years old w

SUBMITTER: Jarvik JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4021204 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature