Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Rehabil Med. 2012 Oct;44(10):858-61. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1043.
To evaluate the prevalence of low back pain among caregivers of patients with spinal cord injury and to investigate the risk factors for LBP among this population.
A cross-sectional study.
A total of 100 spinal cord injured patients and their caregivers, and 87 healthy control subjects.
Caregivers and control subjects completed a questionnaire about demographic characteristics and low back pain. Pain was evaluated using a visual analogue scale and the Oswestry Disability Index. Duration, severity and level of spinal cord injury, and functional level were recorded.
The prevalence of low back pain was higher among caregivers than among the control group. Visual analogue scale scores of caregivers with low back pain were higher than those of the control group, whereas there was no significant difference in the Oswestry Disability Index score. There was a significant correlation between low back pain and level, severity and duration of injury. Prevalence of low back pain was higher among caregivers of patients with low functional scores.
Low back pain is common among caregivers of patients with spinal cord injury and is associated with duration of injury, level of injury, severity of injury, and functional level of the patient.
评估脊髓损伤患者照顾者腰痛的患病率，并探讨该人群中腰痛的危险因素。
横断面研究。
共 100 名脊髓损伤患者及其照顾者和 87 名健康对照者。
照顾者和对照组完成了一份关于人口统计学特征和腰痛的问卷。使用视觉模拟评分法和 Oswestry 残疾指数评估疼痛。记录疼痛持续时间、严重程度和脊髓损伤水平以及功能水平。
与对照组相比，照顾者腰痛的患病率更高。有腰痛的照顾者的视觉模拟评分高于对照组，而 Oswestry 残疾指数评分无显著差异。腰痛与损伤水平、严重程度和持续时间之间存在显著相关性。在功能评分较低的患者的照顾者中，腰痛的患病率更高。
脊髓损伤患者的照顾者腰痛较为常见，与损伤持续时间、损伤水平、损伤严重程度和患者的功能水平有关。
