Daily text messages used as a method for assessing low back pain among workers

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a method for collecting data concerning low back pain (LBP) using daily text messages and to characterize the reported LBP in terms of intensity, variability, and episodes.STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a cohort study of LBP among workers used by a mining company. The participants were asked to answer the question "How much pain have you had in your lower back in the last 24 hours on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 = no pain and 10 = the worst pain imaginable" once a day for 5 weeks, with this process being repeated 6 months later.RESULTS: A total of 121 workers participated in the first period of data collection, and 108 participated in the second period. The daily response rate was 93% for both periods, and cluster analysis was shown to be a feasible statistical method for clustering LBP into subgroups of low, medium, and high pain. The daily text messages method also worked well for assessing the episodic nature of LBP.CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated a method for repeatedly measuring of LBP using daily text messages. The data permitted clustering into subgroups and could be used to define episodes of LBP.

Jonsson, HåkanUmeå universitet,Institutionen för strålningsvetenskaper(Swepub:umu)hojo0001 (author)
Björ, BodilUmeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin(Swepub:umu)bobj0003 (author)
Hjalmarsson, UllaUmeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin(Swepub:umu)ulahjn99 (author)
Nilsson, TohrUmeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin(Swepub:umu)toni0008 (author)
Reuterwall, ChristinaUmeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin(Swepub:umu)chre0013 (author)
Wahlström, JensUmeå universitet,Yrkes- och miljömedicin(Swepub:umu)jewa0014 (author)
Umeå universitetYrkes- och miljömedicin (creator_code:org_t)

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