Determining One-Year Trajectories of Low-Back-Related Leg Pain in Primary Care Patients: Growth Mixture Modeling of a Prospective Cohort Study.
Reuben O OgollahKika KonstantinouSiobhán StynesKate M DunnPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2018)
Four trajectories of leg pain were identified. Clusters 1, 2, and 3 were generally comparable to back pain trajectories, while cluster 4, with major improvement in pain, is infrequently identified. Awareness of such distinct patient groups improves understanding of the course of leg pain and may provide a basis of classification for intervention.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- primary care
- neuropathic pain
- depressive symptoms
- end stage renal disease
- randomized controlled trial
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- machine learning
- chronic kidney disease
- spinal cord injury
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- general practice