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Predictive models for short-term and long-term improvement in women under physiotherapy for chronic disabling neck pain: a longitudinal cohort study
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Occupational Health Science and Psychology, Occupational Health Science. University of Gävle, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research. Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7543-4397
2019 (English)In: BMJ Open, E-ISSN 2044-6055, Vol. 9, no 4, article id e024557Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objectives To develop predictive models for short-term and long-term clinically important improvement in women with non-specific chronic disabling neck pain during the clinical course of physiotherapy. Design Longitudinal cohort study based on data from a randomised controlled trial evaluating short-term and long-term effects on sensorimotor function over 11 weeks of physiotherapy. Participants and settings Eighty-nine women aged 31-65 years with non-specific chronic disabling neck pain from Gavle, Sweden. Measures The outcome, clinically important improvement, was measured with the Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGICS) and the Neck Disability Index (NDI), assessed by self-administered questionnaires at 3, 9 and 15 months from the start of the interventions (baseline). Twelve baseline prognostic factors were considered in the analyses. The predictive models were built using random-effects logistic regression. The predictive ability of the models was measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Internal validity was assessed with cross-validation using the bootstrap resampling technique. Results Factors included in the final PGICS model were neck disability and age, and in the NDI model, neck disability, depression and catastrophising. In both models, the odds for short-term and long-term improvement increased with higher baseline neck disability, while the odds decreased with increasing age (PGICS model), and with increasing level of depression (NDI model). In the NDI model, higher baseline levels of catastrophising indicated increased odds for short-term improvement and decreased odds for long-term improvement. Both models showed acceptable predictive validity with an AUC of 0.64 (95% CI 0.55 to 0.73) and 0.67 (95% CI 0.59 to 0.75), respectively. Conclusion Age, neck disability and psychological factors seem to be important predictors of improvement, and may inform clinical decisions about physiotherapy in women with chronic neck pain. Before using the developed predictive models in clinical practice, however, they should be validated in other populations and tested in clinical settings.

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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2019. Vol. 9, no 4, article id e024557
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Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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Health-Promoting Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30510DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024557ISI: 000471157200062PubMedID: 31023751Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85065220930OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-30510DiVA, id: diva2:1343440
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Forte-centre Working Life: The Body at Work - from problem to potential, Forte
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2006-1162Länsförsäkringar AB, 51-1010/06Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2009-1761
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Funding: Alfta Research Foundation

Available from: 2019-08-16 Created: 2019-08-16 Last updated: 2023-08-28Bibliographically approved

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