Five‐Year Trajectories of Disability in Older Adults Seeking Care for Back Pain in the Netherlands: BACE‐Dutch Cohort
Yanyan Fu, Trynke Hoekstra, Bart Koes, Alessandro Chiarotto · 2026
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Fu and colleagues chart how disability from back pain unfolds over five years in older adults who seek primary care in the Netherlands. Their 2026 study uses the BACE-Dutch cohort of 669 adults aged 55 and over, with disability scored on a standard questionnaire at set points from six weeks to five years. A grouping method sorts patients into paths, and the team checks which starting traits predict each path.
Four paths emerged. Two groups, together about two thirds of patients, improved, most of the gain coming in the first six months. One group stayed at moderate disability, and the smallest group, about one in nine, stayed highly disabled. Starting traits tied to worse paths included older age, higher body weight, stronger pain, leg pain that radiates, past back pain, depressive symptoms, and gloomy beliefs about recovery. Clinicians could use those flags early, the authors suggest.
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| CREATOR | Yanyan Fu, Trynke Hoekstra, Bart Koes, Alessandro Chiarotto |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |