Low Back Pain — Development and Validation of the Online Patient Satisfaction Index
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The Online Patient Satisfaction Index (OPSI): Development and Validation Among Patients With Low Back Pain
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Observational studies are often retrospective and are used to assess potential causation in exposure-outcome relationships and therefore influence preventive methods.
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