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    Identifying latent subgroups in the older population seeking primary health care for a new episode of back pain – findings from the BACE-N cohort

    Back pain is the number one condition contributing to years lived with disability worldwide, and one of the most common reasons for seeking primary care. Research on this condition in the ageing population is ...

    Lise Kretz Grøndahl, Iben Axén, Silje Stensrud in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2024)

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    Modifiable prognostic factors of high costs related to healthcare utilization among older people seeking primary care due to back pain: an identification and replication study

    Back pain is an extensive burden to our healthcare system, yet few studies have explored modifiable prognostic factors associated with high costs related to healthcare utilization, especially among older back ...

    Rikke Munk Killingmo, Alessandro Chiarotto in BMC Health Services Research (2022)

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    Assessing physical workload among people with musculoskeletal disorders: validity and reliability of the physical workload questionnaire

    Demands of physical work are related to musculoskeletal disorders, and hence, important to assess. The Physical Workload Questionnaire (PWQ) is based on 26 items related to physical workload. The PWQ has been ...

    Lise Grethe Kjønø, Rikke Munk Killingmo in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2022)

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    Comparison of self-reported and public registered absenteeism among people on long-term sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders: criterion validity of the iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire

    To evaluate criterion validity of the iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire (iPCQ) by comparing iPCQ-reported occurrence and duration of long-term absenteeism (> 4 weeks) with public registry data collected fro...

    Rikke Munk Killingmo, Anne Therese Tveter in The European Journal of Health Economics (2021)