Romesh P Nalliah, Michael S Forman, Sydnee E Chavis, Peggy Timothé
Variability between credit units dedicated to dental and clinical sciences in dental schools across the USA
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry
several prognostic factors reported chronic low back pain clbp however studies prediction clbp development general population using risk prediction model crosssectional study aimed develop validate risk prediction model clbp development general population create nomogram help person risk developing clbp receive appropriate counseling risk modification data clbp development demographics socioeconomic history comorbid health conditions participants obtained nationally representative health examination survey 2007 2009 prediction models clbp development derived health survey random sample 80 data validated remaining 20 developing risk prediction model clbp model incorporated nomogram data 17038 participants analyzed including 2693 clbp 14345 without clbp selected risk factors included age sex occupation education level midintensity physical activity depressive symptoms comorbidities model good predictive performance validation dataset concordance statistic 07569 hosmerlemeshow chisquare statistic 1210 p 0278 based model findings indicated significant differences observed predicted probabilities risk prediction model presented nomogram scorebased prediction system incorporated clinical setting thus prediction model help individuals risk developing clbp receive appropriate counseling risk modification primary physicians