Background & Aims
Background: Low back pain is a common pathological condition in the social environment, especially in industrialized societies. It is a frequent cause of morbidity and incapacity, impaired the quality of life. Cytokines such as matrix, phospholipase A2, nitric oxide, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha are thought to contribute to the development of low back pain. Drugs are being developed to modulate these chemical mediators. There are several reasons for low back pain, among them inflammatory or degenerative diseases, tumors, congenital defects, muscle weakness. However, some studies try to show the association of low back pain by means of different factors, such as age, gender, smoking, alcoholism, body weight, social class, education level, practice of physical and labor activities. Sociodemographic status predisposed the LBP.
Aim and Objective: The aim of study was to observation the Sociodemographic characteristics of Patients with Low Back Pain attending pain clinic in BSMMU
Methods
Methods: This is a hospital-based, cross-sectional study, was conducted among 100 patients with LBP. Any patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria of this study were included in this study. Sociodemographic parameters were age, sex, occupation, BMI, psychosocial factors, socio-economic status. All collected questionnaire checked very carefully to identify the error in the data. Data processing work was consisted of registration schedules, editing computerization, preparation of dummy table, analyzing and matching of data. Data were processed and analyzed with the help of computer program SPSS and Microsoft excel. Quantitative data expressed as mean and standard deviation and qualitative data as frequency and percentage. Result was presented by tabulation and graphical presentation in the form of tables, pie chart, graphs, bar diagrams, histogram & charts etc.
Results
Results: Mean age of the study population was 42.10±5.48 years. Majority patients (48%) were aged between 41 to 50 years. In this study 55% patients were male and 45% patients were female with a male-female ratio of 1.2:1. Majority patients came from rural area (66%) in the present study. Patients with lower income are more likely to do hard working jobs. This explains the high proportion of this patients in this study. In this study 34% patients were engaged in heavy work and 44% patients were engaged in light work. Rest 22% were maintaining sedentary lifestyle. Overall, mean BMI of the patients were 23.40±2.41 ranging from 17 – 29.
Conclusions
Conclusion: In conclusion, male population who tend to be over-weight and from lower socio-economic background is at risk. Low back pain (LBP) is a common musculoskeletal problem globally. Updating the prevalence and burden of LBP is important for researchers and policy makers. From this understanding, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation protocol can be planned and prevention can be achieved.
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Presenting Author
Shukha Ranjan Das
Poster Authors
Shukha Ranjan Das
MBBS,DA,FCPS,FIPM(BSMMU),FIPM
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh
Lead Author
Topics
- Specific Pain Conditions/Pain in Specific Populations: Low Back Pain