Association between socioeconomic status and treatment in patients with low back or neck pain: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Korea
Authors' conclusion
Socioeconomic status factors are associated with treatment in patients with low back pain and/or neck pain.
Study context
- Population
- Adults diagnosed with low back and/or neck pain 2010–2019, South Korea National Health Insurance Service database (≈2.5% stratified random sample)
- Participants
- 5,861,007 adults
- Exposure
- Socioeconomic status
- Outcome
- Chronic opioid use and interventional procedures
Methodological detailspopulation-based, stratified random sampling, national database
- Population-based
- Stratified random sampling
- National database
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Chronic opioid use
Chronic opioid users, all patients
4.9%
Healthcare workers vs office workers: lower likelihood
18%
Unemployed vs office workers: higher likelihood
6%
Very low household income vs poor: higher likelihood
18%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Underwent interventional procedures, all patients
- 17.7%
- Other workers vs office workers: higher likelihood
- 4%
- Unemployed vs office workers: higher likelihood
- 8%
- Healthcare workers vs office workers: lower likelihood
- 5%
- Middle, high and very poor household income vs poor: higher likelihood
- Very high household income vs poor: lower likelihood
Original publication
Association between socioeconomic status and treatment in patients with low back or neck pain: a population-based cross-sectional study in South Korea. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 12 April 2023. doi:10.
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