National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
Latest available findings on quality of and access to health care
Data
- Data Infographics
- Data Visualizations
- Data Tools
- Data Innovations
- All-Payer Claims Database
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- AHRQ Quality Indicator Tools for Data Analytics
- State Snapshots
- United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK)
- Data Sources Available from AHRQ
Search All Research Studies
AHRQ Research Studies Date
Topics
- Adverse Events (3)
- Arthritis (2)
- (-) Back Health and Pain (58)
- Caregiving (1)
- Care Management (1)
- Children/Adolescents (1)
- Chronic Conditions (18)
- Clinician-Patient Communication (1)
- Communication (1)
- Comparative Effectiveness (9)
- Data (1)
- Diagnostic Safety and Quality (5)
- Education: Curriculum (1)
- Elderly (17)
- Electronic Health Records (EHRs) (1)
- Emergency Department (4)
- Evidence-Based Practice (6)
- Guidelines (1)
- Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) (1)
- Healthcare Costs (4)
- Healthcare Utilization (6)
- Health Information Technology (HIT) (1)
- Health Services Research (HSR) (2)
- Health Status (1)
- Hospitals (1)
- Imaging (8)
- Medical Errors (1)
- Medication (8)
- Opioids (4)
- Orthopedics (1)
- Outcomes (10)
- Pain (24)
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (15)
- Patient Adherence/Compliance (3)
- Patient and Family Engagement (1)
- Patient Experience (2)
- Patient Safety (1)
- Practice Patterns (3)
- Primary Care (7)
- Provider Performance (1)
- Quality Improvement (1)
- Quality of Life (2)
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities (2)
- Registries (2)
- Rehabilitation (2)
- Research Methodologies (2)
- Risk (1)
- Shared Decision Making (3)
- Sleep Problems (1)
- Social Determinants of Health (1)
- Surgery (12)
- Treatments (3)
AHRQ Research Studies
Sign up: AHRQ Research Studies Email updates
Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
Results
51 to 58 of 58 Research Studies DisplayedSkolasky RL, Maggard AM, Li D
Health behavior change counseling in surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Part II: Patient activation mediates the effects of health behavior change counseling on rehabilitation engagement.
This study sought to determine the effect of health behavior change counseling (HBCC) on patient activation and the influence of patient activation on rehabilitation engagement, and to identify common barriers to engagement among individuals undergoing surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. It found that the influence of HBCC on rehabilitation engagement was mediated by patient activation. Despite improvements in patient activation, one-third of patients reported low rehabilitation engagement.
AHRQ-funded; HS017990.
Citation: Skolasky RL, Maggard AM, Li D .
Health behavior change counseling in surgery for degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Part II: Patient activation mediates the effects of health behavior change counseling on rehabilitation engagement.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2015 Jul;96(7):1208-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.02.031..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Surgery, Patient Adherence/Compliance
Edwards TC, Lavallee DC, Bauer Z
Problem areas identified as important to older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis.
The purpose of this study was to determine what outcomes are most important to older adults with spinal stenosis and how well frequently used patient-reported outcomes reflect what is most important to them. It found that older adults with spinal stenosis rated problems related to pain and physical function as the most important outcomes to them.
AHRQ-funded; HS022972.
Citation: Edwards TC, Lavallee DC, Bauer Z .
Problem areas identified as important to older adults with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Spine J 2015 Jul;15(7):1636-44. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.03.008..
Keywords: Elderly, Back Health and Pain, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Makris UE, Higashi RT, Marks EG
Ageism, negative attitudes, and competing co-morbidities--why older adults may not seek care for restricting back pain: a qualitative study.
The objective of this study was to understand older adults’ beliefs and perspectives regarding care-seeking for restricting back pain (back pain that restricts activity). Using data from a diverse sample of 93 older adults who reported restricting back pain, it found that illness perceptions (including pain-related beliefs), and interactions with providers may influence older adults’ willingness to seek care for restricting back pain.
AHRQ-funded; HS020648.
Citation: Makris UE, Higashi RT, Marks EG .
Ageism, negative attitudes, and competing co-morbidities--why older adults may not seek care for restricting back pain: a qualitative study.
BMC Geriatr 2015 Apr 8;15:39. doi: 10.1186/s12877-015-0042-z..
Keywords: Elderly, Back Health and Pain, Chronic Conditions
Jarvik JG, Gold LS, Comstock BA
Association of early imaging for back pain with clinical outcomes in older adults.
This study compared function and pain at the 12-month follow-up visit among older adults who received early imaging with those who did not receive early imaging after a new primary care visit for back pain without radiculopathy. It found that early imaging was not associated with better 1-year outcomes. The researchers concluded that the value of early diagnostic imaging in older adults for back pain with radiculopathy is uncertain.
AHRQ-funded; HS019222, HS022972
Citation: Jarvik JG, Gold LS, Comstock BA .
Association of early imaging for back pain with clinical outcomes in older adults.
JAMA. 2015 Mar 17;313(11):1143-53. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.1871..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Elderly, Primary Care, Outcomes, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Imaging
Rundell SD, Sherman KJ, Heagerty PJ
The clinical course of pain and function in older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain.
This study reports the clinical course of older adults presenting for a new primary care visit for back pain, with no healthcare visit for back pain within the prior 6 months, by describing pain intensity, disability, pain interference, and resolution of back pain over 12 months. It found that improvements in disability and interference with activity over 12 months differed according to age, duration of back pain, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and expectation for recovery.
AHRQ-funded; HS019222.
Citation: Rundell SD, Sherman KJ, Heagerty PJ .
The clinical course of pain and function in older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain.
J Am Geriatr Soc 2015 Mar;63(3):524-30. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13241..
Keywords: Elderly, Primary Care, Back Health and Pain, Comparative Effectiveness, Outcomes
Rundell SD, Sherman KJ, Heagerty PJ
Patient-reported outcomes associated with use of physical therapist services by older adults with a new visit for back pain.
The researchers conducted an observational comparative effectiveness research study to investigate the association between types or amounts of physical therapist services and outcomes, such as disability and pain intensity, among older adults. Higher amounts of active physical therapy were associated with decreased back and leg pain and increased odds of clinically meaningful improvements in back and leg pain relative to results obtained with no active physical therapy.
AHRQ-funded; HS019222.
Citation: Rundell SD, Sherman KJ, Heagerty PJ .
Patient-reported outcomes associated with use of physical therapist services by older adults with a new visit for back pain.
Phys Ther 2015 Feb;95(2):190-201. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20140132..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Comparative Effectiveness, Treatments, Elderly
Suri P, Boyko EJ, Goldberg J
Longitudinal associations between incident lumbar spine MRI findings and chronic low back pain or radicular symptoms: retrospective analysis of data from the longitudinal assessment of imaging and disability of the back (LAIDBACK).
The researchers examined the association of incident lumbar MRI findings with two specific spine-related symptom outcomes: 1) incident chronic bothersome lower back pain, and 2) incident radicular symptoms such as pain, weakness, or sensation alterations in the lower extremity. They found that even when applying more specific definitions for spine-related symptom outcomes, few MRI findings show strong associations with symptom outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS019222
Citation: Suri P, Boyko EJ, Goldberg J .
Longitudinal associations between incident lumbar spine MRI findings and chronic low back pain or radicular symptoms: retrospective analysis of data from the longitudinal assessment of imaging and disability of the back (LAIDBACK).
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 May 13;15:152. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-152..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Chronic Conditions, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Imaging, Pain
Jarvik JG, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ
Back pain in seniors: the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort baseline data.
Back pain, function, and health-related quality of life varied by demographic and geographic factors among seniors, based on data in the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) Registry. Lower education, female sex, black race, and older age were linked to worse disability.
AHRQ-funded; HS019222
Citation: Jarvik JG, Comstock BA, Heagerty PJ .
Back pain in seniors: the Back pain Outcomes using Longitudinal Data (BOLD) cohort baseline data.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2014 Apr 23;15:134. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-134..
Keywords: Back Health and Pain, Elderly, Outcomes, Registries