Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Comparison of health-care utilization, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool
Authors' conclusion
This study demonstrates that subgroups of people with different levels of risk for poor musculoskeletal pain outcomes also have different levels of health-care utilization, health-care costs, health-related quality of life, and work outcomes.
Study context
- Population
- Primary care patients presenting with back, neck, shoulder, knee or multi-site musculoskeletal pain
- Exposure
- Low vs medium vs high risk of persistent disabling pain by the Keele STarT MSK Tool
- Outcome
- Health economic outcomes: health-care utilization and costs, work outcomes, and health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L)
- Follow-up
- 6 months
Methodological detailsprimary care, observational, health-care perspective, regression analysis of costs
- Primary care
- Observational
- Health-care perspective
- Regression analysis of costs
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Total health-care (NHS and private) costs
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Health-related quality of life and employment status · 6 months
- Mean health-related quality of life lower and more people changed employment status in high-risk vs medium- and low-risk subgroups
Original publication
Comparison of health-care utilization, costs and health-related quality of life across the subgroups defined by the Keele STarT MSK Tool. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 3 October 2022. doi:10.
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