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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 100-B, Issue SUPP_2 | Pages 7 - 7
1 Feb 2018
Jess M Ryan C Hamilton S Wellburn S Greenough C Ferguson D Coxon A Fatoye F Dickson J Jones A Atkinson G Martin D
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Aims

To investigate whether the duration of pain has an influence on the clinical outcomes of patients with low back pain (LBP) managed through the North East of England Regional Back Pain and Radicular Pain Pathway (NERBPP).

Patients and Methods

The NERBPP is a clinical pathway based upon NICE guidelines (2009) for LBP. Patients with LBP referred onto the NERBPP by their General Practitioner (GP) between May 2015 and January 2017 were included in this evaluation. Data from 635 patients, who provided pre and post data for pain (Numerical rating scale [NRS]), function (Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]) and quality-of-life (EuroQol [EQ5D]), were analysed using a series of covariate adjusted models in SPSS. Patients were categorised into four groups based upon pain duration: <3months, ≥3 to <6months, ≥6months to <12months, ≥12months.