Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. METHODS 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 i...
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| author | Matias Noll Cláudia Tarragô Candotti Bruna Nichele da Rosa Jefferson Fagundes Loss |
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| description | ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. METHODS 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). RESULTS 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. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of back pain in schoolchildren is high and it is associated with demographic, behavior and heredity aspects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6264177417b4ed28916c07a4978dfdd2022-12-21T23:33:23ZengUniversidade de São PauloRevista de Saúde Pública1518-87872016-01-0150010.1590/S1518-8787.2016050006175S0034-89102016000100219Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population studyMatias NollCláudia Tarragô CandottiBruna Nichele da RosaJefferson Fagundes LossABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify the prevalence of back pain among Brazilian school children and the factors associated with this pain. METHODS 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). RESULTS 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. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of back pain in schoolchildren is high and it is associated with demographic, behavior and heredity aspects.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102016000100219&lng=en&tlng=enCriançaAdolescenteDor nas Costas, epidemiologiaFatores de RiscoPosturaEstudos Transversais |
| spellingShingle | Matias Noll Cláudia Tarragô Candotti Bruna Nichele da Rosa Jefferson Fagundes Loss Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study Revista de Saúde Pública Criança Adolescente Dor nas Costas, epidemiologia Fatores de Risco Postura Estudos Transversais |
| title | Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study |
| title_full | Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study |
| title_fullStr | Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study |
| title_short | Back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents: an epidemiological population study |
| title_sort | back pain prevalence and associated factors in children and adolescents an epidemiological population study |
| topic | Criança Adolescente Dor nas Costas, epidemiologia Fatores de Risco Postura Estudos Transversais |
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