Open AccessPredicting Recurrent Care Seeking of Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions
Author(s) -
Steven Z. George,
Anna Giczewska,
Brooke Alhanti,
Adam Lutz,
Ellen Shanley,
Charles A. Thigpen,
Nrupen A. Bhavsar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnab154
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , physical therapy , multivariate analysis , health care , ambulatory care , retrospective cohort study , ambulatory , multivariate statistics , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Musculoskeletal pain conditions are a leading cause of pain and disability internationally and a common reason to seek health care. Accurate prediction of recurrence of health care seeking due to musculoskeletal conditions could allow for better tailoring of treatment. The aim of this project was to characterize patterns of recurrent physical therapy seeking for musculoskeletal pain conditions and to develop a preliminary prediction model to identify those at increased risk of recurrent care seeking.