Predicting pain outcomes after digital care in chronic spinal pain: the roles of disability, work impairment, and occupation in a secondary analysis of a prospective clinical study.

Dora Janela^1,2, Xin Tong³, Diogo Pires^4,5, Hélder Fonseca^2,6,7, Fabíola Costa¹

¹Clinical Research & Dev, Sword Health, New York, NY, United States.

²Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

³Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.

⁴Escola Superior de Saúde, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal.

⁵Comprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC), NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

⁶Research Center in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure (CIAFEL), Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

⁷Laboratory for Integrative and Translational Research in Population Health (ITR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether baseline disability, work impairment, and job occupation predicted post-pain levels of a digital care program (DCP) for chronic spinal pain. DESIGN: Ad hoc analysis of a real-world clinical registry of patients undergoing a DCP. SETTING: DCP delivered remotely across the United States. SUBJECTS: Adults with chronic spinal pain (N = 13 330) enrolled in a DCP throug…

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