Low back pain disability and stay at work: Contradiction or necessity?

Rosimeire Simprini Padula*, Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro, Bruna Melo, Cláudia Regina Da Silva, Ana Beatriz Oliveira

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Abstract

The incidence of occupational diseases in the population is high and factors such as long working hours, poor posture, psychological and physical stress can contribute to its development. Among work-related musculoskeletal disorders, back pain has a high prevalence. The aim of the present study was to quantify and characterize pain complaints and to identifyindividuals with low back pain, in order to assess the degree of disability. Participated 226 employees of an institution of higher education. They answered a general questionnaire about location and quantification of pain complaints visual analog scale for pain and the Quebec Disability Questionnaire. Of all the workers, 69.60% had some type of musculoskeletal complaint; of those, 15.41% had low back pain. Considering workers who had back pain, 54.9% were female, 52.94% are under 30 years old and 43.14% between 1 and 5 years of work. As for the final score for the degree of disability, 41.17% had minimal disability and 37.25% moderate disability. The present study found large number of pain complaints and high prevalence of low back pain, resulting in individual's inability and difficulties in performing work activities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2417-2419
Number of pages3
JournalWork
Volume41
Issue numberSUPPL.1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • ergonomic risk factors
  • musculoskeletal disorders
  • occupational health

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