Title |
Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study
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Published in |
Revista de Saúde Pública, June 2016
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DOI | 10.1590/s1518-8787.2016050006175 |
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Authors |
Matias Noll, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti, Bruna Nichele da Rosa, Jefferson Fagundes Loss |
Abstract |
To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. All 1,720 schoolchildren from the fifth to the eight grade attending schools from the city of Teutonia, RS, Southern Brazil, were invited to participate in the study. From these, 1,597 children participated. We applied the Back Pain and Body Posture Evaluation Instrument. The dependent variable was back pain, while the independent one were demographic, socioeconomic, behavior and heredity data. The prevalence ratio was estimated by multivariate analysis using the Poisson regression model (α = 0.05). The prevalence of back pain in the last three months was 55.7% (n = 802). The multivariate analysis showed that back pain is associated with the variables: sex, parents with back pain, weekly frequency of physical activity, daily time spent watching television, studying in bed, sitting posture to write and use the computer, and way of carrying the backpack. The prevalence of back pain in schoolchildren is high and it is associated with demographic, behavior and heredity aspects. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 1 | <1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 186 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 20 | 11% |
Student > Master | 20 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 5% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 4% |
Other | 31 | 16% |
Unknown | 73 | 39% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 17% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 15% |
Sports and Recreations | 20 | 11% |
Psychology | 8 | 4% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 2% |
Other | 18 | 10% |
Unknown | 79 | 42% |