Prevalence and factors associated to back pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: a population-based study

AD Vitta, MHSD Conti, NM Maciel, DM Trize… - Fisioterapia em …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
AD Vitta, MHSD Conti, NM Maciel, DM Trize, JE Corrente, T Ruiz
Fisioterapia em movimento, 2017SciELO Brasil
Introduction: Back pain has become a serious public health problem. Objective: To
determine the prevalence of back pain in a population-based sample of subjects over 20
years old living in the city of Bauru (São Paulo, Brazil) and to analyze the associations to
variables-sociodemographic, ergonomic and lifestyle-related-and to morbidity. Methods: a
cross-sectional study which evaluated 600 adults over 20 years old, both gender and living
in the city. We used a structured protocol and the Nordic questionnaire. Also, we developed …
Introduction
Back pain has become a serious public health problem.
Objective
To determine the prevalence of back pain in a population-based sample of subjects over 20 years old living in the city of Bauru (São Paulo, Brazil) and to analyze the associations to variables- sociodemographic, ergonomic and lifestyle-related - and to morbidity.
Methods
a cross-sectional study which evaluated 600 adults over 20 years old, both gender and living in the city. We used a structured protocol and the Nordic questionnaire. Also, we developed a descriptive analysis, bivariate and multivariate by binary logistic regression.
Results
The prevalence of back pain was of 50.3% (CI 46.3 to 54.3), since 42.3% (CI 36.9 to 48.0) in men and 57.6% (CI 51.9 to 63.0) in women, with statistical significant difference (p = 0.001). Different variables remained in final models when assessed by gender. For male to be widowed and divorced and smoking habits and, for women to be widowed and divorced, to work in seated position and to perform occupational activities that demand carrying and lifting weight.
Conclusion
We verified high prevalence in back pain in the population of Bauru and high association to widowed/divorced in both gender, with women performing occupational activities usually or always in seated position, those who carry or lift weight in work and men who smoke.
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