Health-related quality of life (SF-36) in back pain: a population-based study, Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil

Abstract

Our study aimed at assessing back pain impact over health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This is a cross-sectional population-based study that analyzed 1,192 adults. The dependent variables were the SF-36 scales and the main independent variables was back pain characterized by location, number of back pain region, intensity, frequency and limitations. Simple and multiple linear regression models were performed to estimate the crude and adjusted beta-coefficients (gender, age, schooling and co-morbidity conditions). Back pain prevalence were 35.4%. For HRQoL, comparing people with/without back pain, we found weak associations for the physical component (β = -3.6). However, strong associations were found for physical component (β = -12.4) when there were concomitant pain in cervical, dorsal and lumbar sites and also associations with mental health scales. Daily pain was associated with physical (β = -6.8) and mental (β = -2.7) components. Important impact on physical componente summary was found for intense/very intense pain (β = -7.9) and pain with severe limitation (β = -11.5). The impacts over HRQoL were strong when back pain was followed by (1) multiple back sites, (2) with pain in mental componente summary, (3) daily complaints, (4) very intense pain and (5) severe limitations; these results have revealed the importance to measure specific factors related to back pain.

Percepção da qualidade de vida de idosos de Borba-AM, Brasil

“…The main results of this study show that elderly people living in the city of Borba -AM, Brazil have quality of life ratings from "good" to "excellent" in all investigated domains (functional capacity, physical aspects, pain, general health status, vitality, social and emotional aspects, and mental health). These findings agree with other studies carried out in the Brazilian population (Iguti et al, 2021;Schlemmer et al, 2018;Silva et al, 2021;Ximenes et al, 2017). Silva et al (2021) used the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire to assess the quality of life of 134 elderly between 60 and 79 years old in a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil.…”

“…Research, Society and Development, v. 11, n. 12, e292111234594, 2022 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i12.34594 Iguti et al (2021) investigated the quality-of-life 1192 adults (18 to 59 years) in the city of Campinas-SP, Brazil using the same survey instrument and the results showed a variation from 64.3 to 94.4 points for the 8 domains of quality of life. This score is like the one found in this study and corresponds to a quality of life between "good" and "excellent".…”

Calidad De Vida en Cuidadores Informales De Pacientes Con Alzheimer Tras Implementación De Programa Multicomponente

“…También, la calidad de vida del cuidador fue más baja cuando mayor era el deterioro del paciente 27 . En el presente análisis, los puntajes de calidad de vida de los cuidadores estuvieron en promedio entre los 40 y 50 puntos para el componente físico y entre 25 y 50 puntos en el componente mental, los cuales se encuentran por debajo a lo percibido por los cuidadores de pacientes con alteraciones musculoesqueléticas, como la osteoartritis y fibromialgias 28 .…”

“…Para finalizar, es por ello que se hace necesario reforzar la idea que se presenta en estudios en el ámbito mundial donde determinan el impacto favorable que resulta del desarrollo de un programa de intervención psicosocial multicomponente, que consiste en intervenciones desde psicoeducación y componentes cognitivos donde los cuidadores informales son los participantes principales [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] , así mismo, se refuerza la importancia de incluir dichos programas en los servicios integrales que se le brindan a las personas con trastornos neurocognitivos 31 . Este estudio involucró, dentro del programa multicomponente, secciones de educación en higiene postural básica, movilización del paciente, ejercicios físicos al despertar, adecuada postura al dormir, entre otros, que aportaron al cuidador el conocimiento primario para adoptar posturas que minimizaran su riesgo musculoesquelético, resultados consecuentes con las puntuaciones en función física obtenidas tras la implementación del programa multicomponente, siendo este programa un punto inicial para que cada cuidador informal, personalice y entienda, lo que pasa en su vida y en la del paciente con Enfermedad de Alzheimer que cuida, comprendiendo que el Alzheimer es un trastorno degenerativo, por ende, con el transcurso de los años, la labor de cuidado se hace más ardua, implicando mayor trabajo físico y psicológico.…”

Does the intensity of pain and disability affect health-related quality of life of older adults with back pain? Multilevel analysis between Brazil and Netherlands: a cross-sectional study of the BACE consortium

“…BP is a global health problem, being the main cause of Years Lived with Disability in 2016 and its burden is growing along with the growth and aging population resulting in greater dependence and vulnerability [6,7,8]. Increased incidence of disability and pain intensity in patients with BP is an important predictor of worsening HRQoL, impairing healthy life expectancy [9,10]. According to the World Health Organization, HRQoL is "a broad concept affected in complex ways by a person's physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships and their relationship to salient features of their environment" [11].…”