Is educational attainment associated with the onset and outcomes of low back pain? a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 8; p. e0308625
• Main Authors: Lawan, Aliyu, Aubertin, Alex, Mical, Jane, Hum, Joanne, Graf, Michelle L, Marley, Peter, Bolton, Zachary, Walton, David M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.08.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Back pain; Backache; Bias; Chronic illnesses; Data analysis; Database searching; Disability; Education; Educational attainment; Educational Status; Estimates; Heterogeneity; Humans; Internet/Web search services; Low back pain; Low Back Pain - epidemiology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Online searching; Pain; Physical Sciences; Prevention; Prognosis; Registration; Research and Analysis Methods; Reviews; Social Sciences; Socioeconomics; Software; Statistical methods; Systematic review

Low back pain (LBP) is the leading global cause of years lived with disability. Of the biopsychosocial domains of health, social determinants of LBP remain under-researched. Socioeconomic status (SES) may be associated with the onset of new LBP or outcomes of acute LBP, with educational attainment (...