Low back pain among office workers in three Spanish-speaking countries: findings from the CUPID study.
Inj Prev
; 23(3): 158-164, 2017 06.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27585564
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the differences in the prevalence and incidence of low back pain (LBP) and associated disability among office workers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain.METHODS:
Data were collected at baseline (n=947, 93% response) in November 2007 and at follow-up after 12â months (n=853, 90% response). Six outcome measures were examined baseline prevalence of (1) LBP in the past 12â months, (2) LBP in the past month and (3) disabling LBP in the past month; and at follow-up (4) incidence of new LBP in the past month, (5) new disabling LBP and (6) persistent LBP. Differences in prevalence by country were characterised by ORs with 95% CIs, before and after adjustment for covariates.RESULTS:
Prevalence of LBP in the past month among office employees in Costa Rica (46.0%) and Nicaragua (44.2%) was higher than in Spain (33.6%). Incidence of new LBP was 37.0% in Nicaragua (OR=2.49; 95% CI 1.57 to 3.95), 14.9% in Costa Rica (OR=0.74; 95% CI 0.41 to 1.34) and 19.0% in Spain (reference). Incidence of new disabling LBP was higher in Nicaragua (17.2%; OR=2.49; 95% CI 1.43 to 4.34) and Costa Rica (13.6%; OR=1.89; 95% CI 1.03 to 3.48) than Spain (7.7%), while persistence of LBP was higher only in Nicaragua.CONCLUSIONS:
Prevalence of LBP and disabling LBP was higher in Costa Rican and Nicaraguan office workers than in Spain, but the incidence was higher mainly in Nicaragua. Measured sociodemographic, job-related and health-related variables only partly explained the differences between countries, and further research is needed to explore reasons for the remaining differences.
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Assunto principal:
Comparação Transcultural
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Saúde Ocupacional
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Dor Lombar
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Doenças Profissionais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Costa rica
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Europa
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Nicaragua
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Inj Prev
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos