An epidemiological study of low back pain in a tertiary care hospital of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract

Background: Backache is a national, personal and clinical problem. It is experienced by most of the population at some time and is a drain on the nation’s resources. Personally, it is distressing because it can remain a major unresolved dilemma and clinically it poses challenges in diagnosis and treatment.Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted among 200 patients presenting with chronic low back pain, in the OPD of Post Graduate Department of Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College, Jammu over a period of one year from November 2006 to October 2007.Results: The average age of patients was 38.39 years with slight male predominance. Majority of the patients were non-sedentary workers. In majority of the cases (58%), duration of low backache was from 3 months to 1 year with the average of 25.8 months (2.158 years). The commonest mode of presentation was low back pain with radiation to lower limbs. Seasonal variation in the intensity of pain was observed in 50% of the cases. Tenderness of the spine was the commonest physical sign. Disc degenerative disease was found to be commonest cause of low backache, being present in 72% of the cases.Conclusions: Low back pain is common in 3rd and 4th decade of life. The commonest mode of presentation was low back pain with radiation to lower limbs. Disc degenerative disease was found to be commonest cause of low backache, being present in 72% of the cases.

Clinical Profile of Patients Presenting with Low Back Pain to Out Patient Department of a Tertiary Level Hospital

“…In similar study by Shakoor et al 10 , among 102 patients, 42 were male and 60 females. Similarly, in the study done by Shirado et al 11 , among 182 patients, 74 were males and 108 female; and in that by Gupta et al 9 , in 200 patients, 106 male and 94 female. In our study back pain was seen more in female patients which was similar to study by Shirado etal 11 , Shakoor et al 10 , but in study by Gupta et al 9 ,there was slight male predominance.…”

“…Most of the people experience back pain at some stage during their life, and this pain is sufficient to cause an alteration in lifestyle for at least a period of time and drives individuals to seek some form of treatment. 9 The prevalence of low back pain has been found to increase with age and to be more common among females.…”

A comparative study of aceclofenac versus etoricoxib in the management of acute low back pain in a tertiary care hospital

“…In a study conducted by Gupta et al 17 it was found that low back pain was common in the third and fourth decades of life. The average age of patients was found to be 38.39 years.…”

Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of Kannada version of Fear Avoidance Belief Questionnaire in chronic low back pain

“…A consistência interna foi relatada em termos de cronbachs α. O coeficiente α de Cronbach foi calculado para a correlação item-escala do F ABQ-KA . A confiabilidade teste-reteste foi testada por meio do coeficiente de correlação intraclasse , ICC (2,1) . Para todas as análises estatísticas, o nível de significância foi estabelecido em p <0,05 e foi analisado por meio do software estatístico, pacote estatístico para ciências sociais (SPSS), versão -20.…”

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