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| Title |
Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-016-1326-5 |
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| Authors |
Astrid Woodhouse, Kristine Pape, Pål R. Romundstad, Ottar Vasseljen |
| Abstract |
Low back and neck pain are commonly reported in the general population and represent frequent causes for health care consultations. The main aim of this study was to describe the determinants of health care contact during a 1-year period in a general population with recent onset spinal pain. From 9056 participants in a general health survey in Norway we identified 219 persons reporting a recent onset (<1 month) of low back or neck pain. Questionnaires were given at 1 (baseline), 2, 3, 6 and 12 months after pain debut. The main outcome was self-reported health care contact due to spinal pain. Associations between health care contact and pain-related factors, other somatic and mental health factors, pain-related work limitations, physical activity and sociodemographic factors were explored. Conventional health care was sought by 93 persons (43 %) at least once throughout the year following the onset of pain. 18 persons (8 %) sought alternative health care only and 108 persons (49 %) sought no kind of health care. Baseline reports of coexisting low back and neck pain of equal intensity, poor self-reported health, symptoms of anxiety or depression, obesity and smoking were all associated with an increased tendency to seek conventional health care. Pain intensity and pain-related work limitations at each occasion were strongly associated with concurrent health care contact throughout the year. Higher education was associated with a reduced tendency to contact health care and no association was found for physical activity. The main finding in this study was that people from the general population who seek health-care for a new incident of neck or low back pain report more symptoms of mental distress, poorer self-reported health and more intense pain with stronger work limitations compared to those who do not. The findings suggest that identification of complementary symptoms is highly relevant in the examination of spinal pain patients, even for those with recent onset of symptoms. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 2 | 22% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Scientists | 3 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 17 | 15% |
| Researcher | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 37 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 24 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 19% |
| Psychology | 7 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 6% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 41 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. 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 20 July 2016.
All research outputs
#6,912,755
of 24,723,421 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#3,300
of 8,356 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#90,534
of 305,099 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#45
of 92 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 8,356 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its peers.
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