Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
General and Pain‐Associated Psychological Distress Phenotypes Among Patients With Low Back Pain in the Military Health System
Authors' conclusion
These phenotypes provide opportunities for clinicians and researchers to develop novel LBP treatment pathways tailored to patients with different profiles of psychological distress.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with low back pain (LBP) in the Military Health System, from two completed trials of nonpharmacological treatment
- Participants
- 510 individuals2 completed trials
- Exposure
- Psychological distress phenotypes identified by latent class analysis
- Outcome
- Rates of general and pain-related psychological distress in individuals with LBP in the Military Health System (MHS)
Methodological detailscohort from two completed trials, latent class analysis
- Cohort from two completed trials
- Latent class analysis
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Psychological phenotypes (percentage of the sample)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
PROMIS pain interference, physical function, sleep disturbance, depression and anxiety across phenotypes
- Highly distressed phenotypes reported higher pain interference, sleep disturbance, depression and anxiety than other phenotypes
- Low distress phenotype had significantly lower pain interference and higher physical function than all other phenotypes
Original publication
General and Pain‐Associated Psychological Distress Phenotypes Among Patients With Low Back Pain in the Military Health System. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 3 April 2024. doi:10.
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