Acute and chronic back pain in adults and elderly in southern Brazil: A population-based study

• Autor(a) principal: Saes-Silva, Elizabet
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Viero, Vanise dos Santos Ferreira, Meller, Fernanda de Oliveira, Schäfer, Antônio Augusto, Canena, Michele Vaz, Saes, Mirelle de Oliveira, Dumith, Samuel Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Scientia Medica (Porto Alegre. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/scientiamedica/article/view/39824
• topic: back pain; chronic pain; acute pain; epidemiology; dor nas costas; dor crônica; dor aguda; epidemiologia

Aims: to determine the prevalence of acute and chronic back pain and associated factors and identify the consequences of this pain in adults and the elderly in southern Brazil.Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in 2019, in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, in individuals aged 18 and over. Acute back pain was pain in the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar regions not exceeding 3 months and chronic pain as pain for 3 months or more. Bivariate analyzes and multinomial logistic regression were performed.Results: among the 820 participants, the prevalence of back pain was 67.0%, acute pain 39.3% (95% CI: 35.5% to 43.3%) and chronic pain 27.4% (95% CI: 24.5% to 30.4%). Acute back pain was associated with women, overweight, obesity, and with WMSD/RSI, while chronic pain chronic pain was found mostly in women, being related to leisure inactivity ...were female, leisure inactivity, falls, Work-related musculoskeletal disorder/repetitive strain injury, and arthritis/rheumatism.Conclusions: acute pain was greater among overweight/obese and chronic pain contribute to absenteeism and demand for health services.