Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria

Background: We aimed to identify risk factors associated with chronic low back pain (C-LBP) in Syria. Materials and Methods: We conducted the study in a busy outpatient neurology clinic in Damascus city from October 2011 to August 2012. We enrolled all eligible adults presenting with C-LBP along wit...

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Autores principales:	Mohammad Salem Alhalabi, Hassan Alhaleeb, Sarah Madani
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015
Materias:	family history low back pain obesity waist circumference waist to hip ratio Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e06ee57f192449c2b5e8e0dcd95266142021-12-02T17:59:03ZRisk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.165123https://doaj.org/article/e06ee57f192449c2b5e8e0dcd95266142015-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.165123https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Background: We aimed to identify risk factors associated with chronic low back pain (C-LBP) in Syria. Materials and Methods: We conducted the study in a busy outpatient neurology clinic in Damascus city from October 2011 to August 2012. We enrolled all eligible adults presenting with C-LBP along with those who denied any back pain as a controls. We considered C-LBP any LBP lasting over 3 months. We developed our own questionnaire. A clinical nurse interviewed each person and filled in the results. Results: We had a total of 911 subjects; 513 patients and 398 controls. We found that C-LBP increased with age. Having a sibling with C-LBP was a strong predictor of C-LBP. In women obesity, but not overweight, was a risk factor. Number of children was a risk factor for mothers. Higher level of education decreased the chance of C-LBP in women. Sedentary job increased the risk of C-LBP. Conclusion: This study sheds some light on risk factors for C-LBP in our population and might help find possible preventive measures.Mohammad Salem AlhalabiHassan AlhaleebSarah MadaniThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlefamily historylow back painobesitywaist circumferencewaist to hip ratioMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 05, Iss 04, Pp 110-116 (2015)
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spellingShingle	family history low back pain obesity waist circumference waist to hip ratio Medicine R Mohammad Salem Alhalabi Hassan Alhaleeb Sarah Madani Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
description	Background: We aimed to identify risk factors associated with chronic low back pain (C-LBP) in Syria. Materials and Methods: We conducted the study in a busy outpatient neurology clinic in Damascus city from October 2011 to August 2012. We enrolled all eligible adults presenting with C-LBP along with those who denied any back pain as a controls. We considered C-LBP any LBP lasting over 3 months. We developed our own questionnaire. A clinical nurse interviewed each person and filled in the results. Results: We had a total of 911 subjects; 513 patients and 398 controls. We found that C-LBP increased with age. Having a sibling with C-LBP was a strong predictor of C-LBP. In women obesity, but not overweight, was a risk factor. Number of children was a risk factor for mothers. Higher level of education decreased the chance of C-LBP in women. Sedentary job increased the risk of C-LBP. Conclusion: This study sheds some light on risk factors for C-LBP in our population and might help find possible preventive measures.
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title	Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
title_short	Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
title_full	Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
title_fullStr	Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
title_full_unstemmed	Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria
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publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2015
url	https://doaj.org/article/e06ee57f192449c2b5e8e0dcd9526614
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Risk factors associated with chronic low back pain in Syria

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