Development and internal validation of prognostic models for recovery in patients with non-specific neck pain presenting in primary care
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Physiotherapy, 2021, 113, pp. 61-72
- Issue Date:
- 2021-06-01
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Objectives: Development and internal validation of prognostic models for post-treatment and 1-year recovery in patients with neck pain in primary care.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: Primary care manual therapy practices.
Participants: Patients with non-specific neck pain of any duration (n = 1193).
Intervention: Usual care manual therapy.
Outcome measures: Recovery defined in terms of pain intensity, disability, and global perceived improvement directly post-treatment and at 1-year follow-up.
Results: All post-treatment models exhibited acceptable discriminative performance after derivation (AUC ≥ 0.7). The developed post-treatment disability model exhibited the best overall performance (R2 = 0.24; IQR, 0.22–0.26), discrimination (AUC = 0.75; 95% CI, 0.63–0.84), and calibration (slope 0.92; IQR, 0.91–0.93). After internal validation and penalization, this model retained acceptable discriminative performance (AUC = 0.74). The five other models, including those predicting 1-year recovery, did not reach acceptable discriminative performance after internal validation. Baseline pain duration, disability, and pain intensity were consistent predictors across models.
Conclusion: A post-treatment prognostic model for disability was successfully developed and internally validated. This model has potential to inform primary care clinicians about a patient’s individual prognosis after treatment, but external validation is required before clinical use can be recommended.
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