Back pain and behavioral habits of high school students: a comparative study of two Brazil's regions

Candotti

Loss

2022

IJERPH

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Risk factors associated with back pain vary in different countries. Given the lack of studies in Latin America, our study aimed to assess back pain and its associated factors for six years in Southern Brazilian school children. All children attending the fifth grade of Teutônia, Brazil, were invited to participate in the study. Only schoolchildren who did not report back pain were included in the first assessment. The schoolchildren completed the Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI) during three assessments (2011, 2014, and 2017). BackPEI assesses the presence of back pain and possible associated risk factors (postural, behavioral, and sociodemographic). Generalized estimated equations (GEE) were used to perform a Poisson regression model with robust variance for longitudinal analysis. After six years of follow-up, 75 schoolchildren completed all the assessments. The risk factors associated with back pain were spending more than six hours daily watching television, lifting objects from the ground adopting an inadequate posture, using another backpack type different from those with two straps, and carrying a backpack in an asymmetric way. These results are important in guiding the planning of public policies to minimize this public health problem.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 78%

“…45.4% ( n = 182) of schoolchildren were excluded from the study in the screening phase because they reported back pain in the last three months. This is a high prevalence, but a common scenario, since the recent studies showed a prevalence of around 50% among schoolchildren [ 12 , 23 , 24 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors for Back Pain among Southern Brazilian School Children: A 6-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Candotti

Loss

2022

IJERPH

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“…Initially, the BackPEI was developed to assess the presence, frequency, and intensity of back pain and its risk factors (behavioral, postural, and demographic factors) among children and adolescents [4]. Because of its characteristics, the BackPEI has been widely used in research involving school children [5][6][7][8][9][10] and has been adapted for use in other countries [11,12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument for Children and Adolescents (BackPEI-CA): Expansion, Content Validation, and Reliability

Candotti

Pivotto

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI) was created in 2013 to assess back pain and its risk factors in school children. However, it does not assess neck pain or the habits of mobile device usage, which are aspects that are often part of school children’s lives. Therefore, we aimed to update the BackPEI questionnaire to include new questions assessing aspects related to neck pain and the use of mobile devices and to test the content validity and reliability of the new questions. The updated questionnaire was named Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument for Children and Adolescents (BackPEI-CA). The content was validated by eight experts using the content validity index (CVI). To assess reliability, the BackPEI-CA questionnaire was applied at two different times in 105 school children, and Cohen’s kappa (k) and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated. All aspects assessed regarding content validity had a CVI higher than 0.8. The new questions presented moderate and good kappa values and excellent ICC values. The updated version of BackPEI-CA can be used as a clinic tool for assessing the presence, frequency, and intensity of back and neck pain and their risk factors.

“…Estudos anteriores, tentaram estabelecer os fatores de risco e a prevalência de dor nas costas em escolares, e demonstraram que a prevalência de dor nas costas é alta, e que existem associaçãoes com variaveís como: sexo, tipo de mochila adotada para transporte do material escolar, postura adotada para dormir, pais com dor nas costas, a frequência semana de exercícios físico, tempo gasto por dia assistindo televisão, estudar na cama, postura adotada ao dormir, postura sentada para escrever e usar o computador (JACHSTET et al, 2022;NOLL et al, 2017b).…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Comparação dos hábitos posturais, comportamentais e de dor em escolares praticantes e não praticantes de modalidades esportivas

Santos

Pilling

et al. 2022

CLIUM

O objetivo desse estudo foi comparar hábitos posturais e comportamentais e a presença de dor nas costas entre escolares que praticam esporte de caráter coletivo, individual e escolares que não praticam nenhum esporte além da educação física escolar. Foram avaliados 90 escolares, 39 meninas e 52 meninos, sendo 30 em cada grupo: grupo esporte coletivo (GEC), grupo esporte individual (GEI), e grupo não praticantes (GNP). Os escolares preencheram o questionário autoaplicável Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument (BackPEI). Foram utilizados os testes Qui-quadrado e ANOVA para análise das variáveis categóricas e escalares, respectivamente (α<0,05). Foi identificada diferença estatisticamente significativa com relação à postura adotada para escrever em sala de aula (p= 0,039), para utilizar o computador (p=0,028), tipo de mochila utilizada (p<0,001) e modo de transportar a mochila escolar (p=0,001). Não foram observadas diferenças significativas para as questões relacionadas à dor nas costas (presença, frequência e intensidade) entre os grupos avaliados.