Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study
- Woodhouse, Astrid
- Pape, Kristine
- Romundstad, Pål Richard
- Vasseljen, Ottar
Publication date
March 2016
DOI Publisher
BioMed Central ISSN
1472-6963 Citation count (estimate)
6Abstract
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. Methods: 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 limitation...
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