Abstract
BackgroundChronic non-specific low back pain syndrome (cnsLBP) is a severe health problem in developed countries, which has an important effect on patients’ quality of life and is highly determined by socio-demographic factors and low back pain specific knowledge. We examined patients’ health-related quality of life according to the results of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), low back pain knowledge (LBPKQ) and the social determinants of the participants.MethodsWe carried out our research in the first half of 2015 in Southern Transdanubia, Hungary. The examination included 1155 respondents living with chronic non-specific low back pain. The confidence interval of 95% was used, and the level of.significance was p < 0.05 using SPSS 22.0 software.ResultsThe SF-36 questionnaire is suitable for the examination of patients’ health-related quality of life (Cronbach’s Alpha> 0.76), as the LBPKQ’s Cronbach’s Alpha was 0.726 also, which showed good validity. Longer-term disease meant a lower health-related quality of life (p < 0.05). A greater decrease of function (Roland Morris scores (RM)) accounts for a lower HRQoL and higher knowledge level. We found significant differences in LBPKQ scores according to sociodemographic parameters. The general health status was positively correlated with LBPKQ (p = 0.024) adjusted for demographic and pain and functional status.ConclusionThe negative effect of the symptoms on patients’ quality of life is proved, which is determined by different socio-demographic parameters furthermore by knowledge. Above all could be useful information for professionals to adopt the right interventions.
Highlights
Chronic non-specific low back pain syndrome is a severe health problem in developed countries, which has an important effect on patients’ quality of life and is highly determined by socio-demographic factors and low back pain specific knowledge
Patients with Chronic non-specific low back pain syndrome (cnsLBP) were recruited into our crosssectional study, through selection 1500 forms were planned to be included in our research; after falling-off 1155 participants (439 female, 716 male) were included
Among 1155 participating cnsLBP patients the ratio of women was 61.99%, two-thirds of the respondents were town residents, 46.03% of them were married. Based on their age (p = 0.17) and place of residence (p = 0.35) no significant difference was found between genders. According to their marital status, the ratio of the married was significantly higher among men (50.93%), the ratio of the widow was higher among women (9.99%). 65.89% possessed secondary level qualification, among men the ratio of those having a lower qualification is significantly lower (p < 0.01). 67.53% are active employees (among women the ratio of the inactive is significantly higher: 35.99% (p < 0.01), 56.45% of respondents do sedentary work
Summary
Chronic non-specific low back pain syndrome (cnsLBP) is a severe health problem in developed countries, which has an important effect on patients’ quality of life and is highly determined by socio-demographic factors and low back pain specific knowledge. We examined patients’ health-related quality of life according to the results of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), low back pain knowledge (LBPKQ) and the social determinants of the participants. Chronic non-specific low back pain syndrome (cnsLBP) is a severe health problem in developed countries. Low back pain (LBP) syndrome can be classified according to the duration of the pain as well as the causes triggering the pain. In the case of acute LBP pain lasts for up to 6 weeks, in case of subacute LBP lumbosacral pain lasts from 6 to 12 weeks. In the case of nonspecific LBP diagnosis, a clarified cause can be defined only in 15% of the cases [1,2,3,4]
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