Can screening instruments accurately determine poor outcome risk in adults with recent onset low back pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Studies excluded based on participants pain duration at baseline screening

Reference	Prognostic screening instruments	Reason for exclusion
Bergstrom et al. (2011) [62]	MPI-S	Mixed cohort;^b authors did not differentiate an acute/subacute group
Bernstein et al. (1994) [63]	SCL-90-R	Chronic pain cohort (pain > 3 months)
Morso et al. (2011) [64]	PainDETECT questionnaire	Chronic pain cohort (pain duration 3–12 months)
Late exclusions:^a
Fischer et al. (2014) [30]	HKF-R10	Mixed cohort;^b authors did not differentiate an acute/subacute group
Hurley et al. (2001) [31]	ALBPSQ	Mixed cohort^b,c
Linton et al. (2011) [32]	OMPSQ (Short Form)	Mixed cohort^b,c
Morso et al. (2013) [65]	SBT	Mixed cohort^b,c
Morso et al. (2014) [33]	SBT	Mixed cohort^b,c
Cats-Baril et al. (1991) [35]	VDPQ	Mixed cohort;^b unable to contact authors to request data from recent onset participants

^aStudy authors were contacted (or contact attempts were made) prior to study exclusion
^bCombination of acute/subacute/chronic pain participants
^cAuthors unable to provide data for ‘recent-onset’ participants
MPI-S Multidimensional Pain Inventory (Swedish version), SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist 90 Revised, HKF-R10 Heidelberg Short Early Risk Assessment Questionnaire, ALBPSQ Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionnaire, OMPSQ Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire, SBT STarT Back Screening Tool, VDPQ Vermont Disability Prediction Questionnaire

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