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| Title |
Prevalence of low back pain in emergency settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12891-017-1511-7 |
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| Authors |
Jordan Edwards, Jill Hayden, Mark Asbridge, Bruce Gregoire, Kirk Magee |
| Abstract |
Low back pain may be having a significant impact on emergency departments around the world. Research suggests low back pain is one of the leading causes of emergency department visits. However, in the peer-reviewed literature, there has been limited focus on the prevalence and management of back pain in the emergency department setting. The aim of the systematic review was to synthesize evidence about the prevalence of low back pain in emergency settings and explore the impact of study characteristics including type of emergency setting and how the study defined low back pain. Studies were identified from PubMed and EMBASE, grey literature search, and other sources. We selected studies that presented prevalence data for adults presenting to an emergency setting with low back pain. Critical appraisal was conducted using a modified tool developed to assess prevalence studies. Meta-analyses and a meta-regression explored the influence of study-level characteristics on prevalence. We screened 1187 citations and included 21 studies, reported between 2000 and 2016 presenting prevalence data from 12 countries. The pooled prevalence estimate from studies of standard emergency settings was 4.39% (95% CI: 3.67-5.18). Prevalence estimates of the included studies ranged from 0.9% to 17.1% and varied with study definition of low back pain and the type of emergency setting. The overall quality of the evidence was judged to be moderate as there was limited generalizability and high heterogeneity in the results. This is the first systematic review to examine the prevalence of low back pain in emergency settings. Our results indicate that low back pain is consistently a top presenting complaint and that the prevalence of low back pain varies with definition of low back pain and emergency setting. Clinicians and policy decisions makers should be aware of the potential impact of low back pain in their emergency settings. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 242 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 242 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 13% |
| Researcher | 21 | 9% |
| Other | 18 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 6% |
| Other | 38 | 16% |
| Unknown | 82 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 78 | 32% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 10 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 15 | 6% |
| Unknown | 96 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2018.
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#13,140,869
of 23,509,982 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,739
of 4,149 outputs
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#147,177
of 310,098 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#38
of 74 outputs
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