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Rev Mex Anest 2014; 37 (1)

Prevalence of lower back pain in an interdisciplinary Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain

Mejía-Espinosa R, Guevara-López U, Martínez-Guadarrama E, Rivera-Viveros MG, Roa-Aguirre L

Language: Spanish
References: 24
Page: 5-11
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the prevalence of low back pain in patients treated at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain and Palliative Care. Material and methods: Data were obtained from clinical and internal records of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain and Palliative Care patients referred with a diagnosis of low back pain. Study: observational, retrospective, transversal, descriptive, included patients aged between 18 and 80 years old treated at the outpatient clinic. A total of 241 patients out of 780 confirmed the diagnosis of low back pain. Demographic data, pain intensity by VAS, and its characteristics were analized. Results: The prevalence of low back pain was 30.9%; an average of 59.4 years of age (± 5 SD), 60.2% female and 39.8% male. Pain intensity was assessed using VSA: 7.9% mild pain, moderate 28.6% and severe 63.5%. As for the type of pain, 59.3% had mixed pain (somatic and neuropathic), 24.5% somatic and 16.2% neuropathic. Conclusions: From the results obtained, we concluded that one third of the population attending the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain and Palliative Care consulted for back pain, the most prevalent type of pain was mixed, with pain intensity moderate to severe.


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