Prevalence of Inflammatory Back Pain in Young Adults

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Prevalence of Inflammatory Back Pain in Young Adults & Subsequent Longitudinal Inception Cohort Study

• IRAS ID

  213551

• Contact name

  Daniel Murphy

• Contact email

  danielmurphy@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Royal Devon & Exeter Foundation Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  3 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Back pain is one of the commonest reasons why patients visit their General Practitioner; one third people in the UK will suffer an episode of back pain each year, and 20% of those patients will consult their GP for help. Back pain represents the second commonest cause of sickness absence from work in the UK and is one of the costliest problems faced by the NHS.

• REC name

  South Central - Oxford B Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/SC/0327

• Date of REC Opinion

  13 Jul 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion