From: Prevalence of low back pain in emergency settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Subgroup | Category | Arcsine prevalence, 95% CI | Inter-group heterogeneity | Sensitivity analysis, 95% CI (Arcsine Excluding High ROB), | Inter-group heterogeneity |
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Back Pain Definition | Broad | 4.9% (3.1-7.1) | p = 0.1850 | 3.9% (1.9-6.4) | p = 0.8574 |
Narrow | 3.6% (3.2-4.0) | 3.6% (3.2-4.1) | |||
Coding | Complaint | 5.5% (3.5-7.8) | p = 0.0459 | 5.0% (2.6-8.2) | p = 0.2289 |
Diagnosis | 3.4% (3.1-3.8) | 3.4% (3.1-3.8) | |||
Health System | Private | 4.3% (3.4-5.3) | p = 0.9464 | 4.1% (3.2-5.2) | p = 0.2106 |
Public | 4.4% (3.4-5.3) | 3.3% (2.6-4.1) | |||
Emergency Setting | Standard | 4.4% (3.7-5.2) | p = 0.7734 | 4.0% (3.2-4.9) | p = 0.7149 |
Non-Standard | 6.1% (0.0-2.3) | 6.1% (0.00-23.2) |