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

January 2016

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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. 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 limitations, phy...

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Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study

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Health care contact following a new incident neck or low back pain episode in the general population; the HUNT study

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