Comparing the responsiveness of a brief, multidimensional risk screening tool for back pain to its unidimensional reference standards: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

• Published in: Pain (Amsterdam) Vol. 153; no. 11; pp. 2182 - 2191
• Main Authors: Wideman, Timothy H., Hill, Jonathan C., Main, Chris J., Lewis, Martyn, Sullivan, Michael J.L., Hay, Elaine M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Elsevier B.V 01.11.2012; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Back pain; Biological and medical sciences; Clinically meaningful change; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Illness and personality; Illness, stress and coping; Low Back Pain - diagnosis; Low Back Pain - epidemiology; Low Back Pain - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Pain Measurement - methods; Pain Measurement - standards; Predictive Value of Tests; Primary care; Primary Health Care - methods; Psychology and medicine; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Reproducibility of Results; Responsiveness analysis; Risk Factors; Single-Blind Method; Somesthesis and somesthetic pathways (proprioception, exteroception, nociception); interoception; electrolocation. Sensory receptors; STarT Back Tool; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Treatment Outcome; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Back pain; Clinically meaningful change; Responsiveness analysis; Primary care; Risk factors; STarT Back Tool; Ability; Questionnaire; Catastrophizing; Regression analysis; Recovery; Care; Disability; Fear; Improvement; Pain; Treatment; Risk factor

A brief, multidimensional risk-factor questionnaire predicted treatment-related changes beyond several unidimensional questionnaires, suggesting that it may be a valuable measure of back pain recovery. Back pain is a leading cause of disability. Previous research suggests that modifiable risk factor...