A retrospective cross-sectional survey of non-specific lower back pain among a cohort of Chinese army soldiers.
Int J Surg
; 56: 288-293, 2018 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
RESEARCH BACKGROUND:
Nonspecific lower back pain (LBP) has been a major public health problem in western countries since the second half of the 20â¯tâ¯h century. The trend has expanded to non-western countries, and LBP is currently a significant cause of disability in the working population.OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the prevalence of nonspecific lower back pain (LBP) and its risk factors among soldiers in the Chinese army.METHODS:
A total of 2876 Chinese army soldiers were requested to complete a self-administered questionnaire on demographic, anthropometric factors, and their non-specific LBP symptoms. The LBP evaluation and risk factor analysis were based on the self-questionnaire survey.RESULTS:
The prevalence of non-specific LBP with physical state, one-child family, educational status, resident location and ethnicity were not associated (Pâ¯>â¯0.05); while smoking, LBP history, LBP family history, nightmare frequency, sleep quality, and self-perceived fitness had significant effects on LBP (Pâ¯<â¯0.05, Table 2). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that smoking (ORâ¯=â¯2.153,95% CIâ¯=â¯1.045-4.433), History of LBP (ORâ¯=â¯2.503,95% CIâ¯=â¯1.580-3.966), LBP family history (ORâ¯=â¯1.615,95%CIâ¯=â¯1.015-2.572), nightmare frequency (ORâ¯=â¯3.386, 95% CIâ¯=â¯2.047-5.603), sleep quality (ORâ¯=â¯2.391, 95% CIâ¯=â¯1.085-5.269) and self-perceived fitness (ORâ¯=â¯1.93,95%CIâ¯=â¯1.045-3.765) had significant effects on LBP (Pâ¯<â¯0.05)) (Table 3).CONCLUSIONS:
Smoking, history of LBP, LBP family history, nightmare frequency, sleep quality, self-perceived fitness were important factors in the occurrence and persistence of LBP.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Low Back Pain
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Military Personnel
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Occupational Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology_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
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Surg
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China