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Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc 2003; 41 (3)

Low Back Pain Epidemiology in Active Workers

Atenógenes Humberto Saldívar González, Diego Leoncio Cruz Torres, Leopoldo Serviere Zaragoza, Francisco Vázquez Nava, Víctor Manuel Joffre Velázquez

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 203-208
PDF size: 71.34 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: Our objective was to determine preva-lence and risk factor for low back pain in active workers. Material and Methods: Observational, retrospective open, and cross-sectional study of 3000 workers at General Regional Hospital # 6 of the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) in Madero City, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, with influence area, age between 18 and 60 years, and sex indistinct. A descriptive diagnostic analysis was done with symptoms and severity by measuring prevalence of low back pain. Two groups were conformed for risk factors, one with and the other without low back pain, measuring odds ratio (OR) and confidence interval (CI). Results: A total of 434 tests were eliminated because they were incompleted; of 2566 complete tests, 1077 applicants mentioned experiencing low back pain (prevalence 42 %); 63.2 % were men and > 70 % < 40 years of age, 58.7 % mentioned lifting heavy objects as the most important risk factor identified (p = 0.001, OR = 233.54); factors that increased pain were the following: cough (p = 0.001, OR = 155.20) and straining (p = 0.001, OR = 0.70), 70 % had decreased pain when relaxed (p = 0.001) and 32.7 % experienced ra-diating pain to lower limbs; 80 % of pain was acute, 48 % received IMSS medical care, and 13.1 % required work disability at the rate of 12.21 days per case. Conclusions: Low back pain in this area is a major health problem and requires establishing strategies to limit negative impact in the worker, health system, and industry.


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