Association of Poor Sleep with Low Back Pain among Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Population: A Research Protocol

Abstract

Background and objectives- Low back pain (LBP) is the key contributor to ages of disability. Although Lowback pain puts an immerse economic strain on healthcare services, this disease is responsible for impactingpeople’s daily lives. Low back pain is a widely common illness impacting persons of all ages. Sleep is anintricate and fundamental organic element with the social objective of keeping up homeostasis by methodsfor various physiological frameworks. Sleep quality has gained interest for people with musculoskeletalpain conditions as a contributing factor to the outcome. Sleep consistency has created consideration as a riskfactor to the outcomes for people with MSK pain disorders. Some studies show a bidirectional link betweenintensity of pain and sleep quality. Recent attention to the combination of inflammatory processes in pain onthe one side and sleep on the other, contributes to neuro-immunological mechanisms that may contribute tothe near connection between pain and sleep.Aim and objectives- To study association of poor sleep with low back pain among symptomatic andasymptomatic population.Materials and Method- All asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals with low back pain in the groupbetween 35-50 years of age will fill the survey using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Insomnia SeverityIndex Questionnaire, and further data will be analyzed.Result- The parameters of outcome measures of both the group of low back pain individuals will be analysedusing the statistical test namely students paired T-test.Conclusion- Based on the previous studies we assume that there should be a positive association betweenboth poor sleep and low back pain.