Open AccessAcute and chronic back pain in adults and elderly in southern Brazil
Author(s) -
Elizabet Saes-Silva,
Vanise dos Santos Ferreira Viero,
Fernanda de Oliveira Meller,
Antônio Augusto Schäfer,
Michele Vaz Canena,
Mirelle de Oliveira Saes,
Samuel Carvalho Dumith
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scientia medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1980-6108
pISSN - 1806-5562
DOI - 10.15448/1980-6108.2021.1.39824
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic pain , physical therapy , overweight , back pain , low back pain , obesity , lumbar , absenteeism , cross sectional study , surgery , alternative medicine , management , pathology , economics
Aims: to determine the prevalence of acute and chronic back pain and associated factors and identify the consequences of this pain in adults and the elderly in southern Brazil.Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in 2019, in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, in individuals aged 18 and over. Acute back pain was pain in the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar regions not exceeding 3 months and chronic pain as pain for 3 months or more. Bivariate analyzes and multinomial logistic regression were performed.Results: among the 820 participants, the prevalence of back pain was 67.0%, acute pain 39.3% (95% CI: 35.5% to 43.3%) and chronic pain 27.4% (95% CI: 24.5% to 30.4%). Acute back pain was associated with women, overweight, obesity, and with WMSD/RSI, while chronic pain chronic pain was found mostly in women, being related to leisure inactivity ...were female, leisure inactivity, falls, Work-related musculoskeletal disorder/repetitive strain injury, and arthritis/rheumatism.Conclusions: acute pain was greater among overweight/obese and chronic pain contribute to absenteeism and demand for health services.