Back Pain in Poland and Germany: A Survey of Prevalence and Association with Demographic Characters | Zendy

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Back Pain in Poland and Germany: A Survey of Prevalence and Association with Demographic Characters

Author(s) -

Lea Henn,

Katarzyna Schier,

Tamara Brian,

Jochen Hardt

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

biomed research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772

H-Index - 126

eISSN - 2314-6141

pISSN - 2314-6133

DOI - 10.1155/2014/901341

Subject(s) - back pain , demographics , body mass index , medicine , association (psychology) , demography , physical therapy , psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , sociology , psychotherapist

Background. Back pain is the most common form of pain and leads to high costs in all medical care systems. Objective. The present study examines the prevalence of back pain and its associations with some basic demographics. Methods. Two samples from Poland and Germany (about n = 500 each) were examined via Internet regarding back pain, gender, age, and body mass index (BMI). Results. Back pain is more common in women than in men (risk ratio about 1.7), and a high BMI constitutes an additional risk factor. Age was not related to back pain prevalence. Conclusion. Congruent results in two countries based on the same measure of back pain lead to the assumption that much of the variety found in estimates of back pain are due to inconsistent assessment. For future research, a definition of common criteria on how to assess back pain would be an asset.

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