• Spine · Jul 2003

    Correlation of low back pain with functional status, general health perception, social participation, subjective happiness, and patient satisfaction.

    • Yoshiaki Takeyachi, Shin-ichi Konno, Koji Otani, Kazuya Yamauchi, Ichiro Takahashi, Yoshimi Suzukamo, and Shin-ichi Kikuchi.
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan. yoshiaki@fmu.ac.jp
    • Spine. 2003 Jul 1; 28 (13): 1461-6; discussion 1467.

    Study DesignA cross-sectional and epidemiologic study investigated low back pain.ObjectiveTo assess the correlation among outcome measures for low back pain, including sciatica, according to a proposed low back pain-related model.Summary Of Background DataVarious outcome measures are used in low back pain research: pain, functional status, generic health status, and patient satisfaction. Correlation among these measures has been unclear.MethodsFor this study, 816 subjects (369 men and 447 women; average age, 62 years) who underwent an adult medical examination. The patients were interviewed concerning their personal background, severity of low back pain and sciatica, functional status, general health perception, social participation, subjective happiness, and patient satisfaction. The correlation among these measures was analyzed systematically using path analysis based on a low back pain-related model hypothesizing that low back pain and sciatica worsen functional status and general health perception and then affect social participation, subjective happiness, and patient satisfaction.ResultsRestriction of functional status was found to be the most closely correlated with severity of low back pain. A decrease in physical health was most closely correlated with restriction of function. Social participation, subjective happiness, and patient satisfaction were closely correlated with physical health status. There was a significant correlation among outcome measures concerning physical health, which was consistent with a low back pain-related model.ConclusionsThe outcome measures concerning physical health in this study were found to be correlated significantly, consistent with the proposed low back pain-related model.

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