Back Pain Prevalence and Visit Rates: Estimates From U.S. National Surveys, 2002

By R. Deyo, S. Mirza, B. Martin. Spine, 2006

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Subfields: Occupational Therapy, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain: A Joint Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society (2007, background): “adults reported having low back pain lasting at least 1 whole day in the past 3 months (2), and 7.”
Expenditures and health status among adults with back and neck problems. (2008, background): “In a 2002 survey of US adults, 26% reported low back pain and 14% reported neck pain in the previous 3 months.(1) Low back pain alone accounted for approximately 2% of all physician office visits; only routine examinations, hypertension, and diabetes resulted in more office visits.”
Increasing Prevalence of Knee Pain and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis (2011, background): “In the United States, Freburger and colleagues (28), using data collected in a North Carolina household survey, reported that the prevalence of chronic, impairing lower back pain increased dramatically from 3.9% in 1992 to 10.2% in 2006, although no such trend was seen in National Health Interview S”
Estimates of Pain Prevalence and Severity in Adults: United States, 2012 (2015, background): “Almost all chosen adults (8,781) completed the supplement, resulting in a 98% supplement response.”
The Rising Prevalence of Chronic Low Back Pain (2009, neutral): “Some authors have hypothesized that the increases in the use of health care services for chronic LBP are due to increased health care seeking by those with the condition.(11,12,29,63) Our data, however, suggest that increased prevalence may be the primary factor contributing to this phenomenon.”