Risk Factors for Non-specific Low Back Pain in Older People: a Systematic Review with Meta-analysis

Overview

Journal Arch Orthop Trauma Surg

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics

Date 2021 May 22

PMID 34021388

Citations 4

Authors

Diogo Carvalho Felicio

Jose E Filho

Tulio M D de Oliveira

Daniele S Pereira

Vitor T M Rocha

Juliana M M Barbosa

Marcella Guimaraes Assis

Carla Malaguti

Leani S M Pereira

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Abstract

Purpose: To conduct a systematic review about risk factors associated with non-specific low back pain (LBP) in older people.

Methods: The study protocol was prospectively registered with Prospero (CRD42020191619). This systematic review with meta-analysis included cohort studies that investigated risk factors for LBP in older people. The following databases were searched up to 12 December 2020: MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase, CINAHL, SCOPUS and Web of Science. Two independent reviewers appraised methodological quality using the Critical Appraisal Checklist for Cohort Studies instrument.

Results: We identified 3939 potentially relevant publications. After removing duplicates, screening title, and abstracts, we assessed 86 publications in full text. We included the remaining 11 publications for analysis. There is strong evidence that depressive symptoms are a risk of reporting future back pain onset (I = 52,7%, Odds ratio 1.4, CI 1.28-1.53).

Conclusion: Depressive symptoms are a risk factor for LBP in older people. Due to the limitations of the literature, the role of some risk factors remains unclear. An additional high-quality prospective cohort is needed to better elucidate these relationships.

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