Prognostic Factors of Importance on Who Develops Chronic Low Back Pain

Frederiksberg University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Life Style; Illness Perception; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03940456

Elsinore low back pain cohort

Details and patient eligibility

About

The incidence of low back pain (LBP) is increasing and prognostic factors for developing LBP are unclear. Based on questionnaires, different prognostic factors are being explored over time.

Full description

Despite massive efforts of trying to find predictors and prevention for LBP, it remains to be clarified, why some individuals develop severely disabling low back pain while others never experience noteworthy back pain. There is no evidence that numbers of chronically affected individuals have diminished; rather, the incidence of LBP has increased continuously over the last 20 years which is also reflected in rising numbers of lumbar surgical treatments. The prevalence and burden increase with age and prevention of LBP in an aging population seems more urgent than ever. As LBP is undoubtedly a multifaceted disorder that tends to fluctuate throughout life, there is a need for longitudinal research, exploring the effect of both life style and psychosocial factors on the development of chronic low back pain.

The aim of this study is to identify whether a history of low back pain during adolescence represents an increased risk of experiencing low back pain later in life.

Enrollment: 607 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 67 to 69 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

This is an inception cohort based on pupils from schools in Elsinore. There are no formal inclusion criteria other tan being part of this cohort

Exclusion criteria

• No formal exclusion criteria but inability to understand/answer our questionnaire is per se an exclusion criteria

Trial design

607 participants in 1 patient group

Inception cohort, former Elsinore pupils

Description:

640 former Elsinore pupils (330 female, 310 male). Aged 14 in 1965. Two earlier cross-sectional studies have been done in this group (in 1990 and 2000).

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire