Tomczyszyn Dorota, Solecki Leszek, Pańczuk Anna
Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, Poland (Department of Sociology).
Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, Biała Podlaska, Poland (Department of Public Health).
Med Pr. 2018 Aug 20;69(4):355-364. doi: 10.13075/mp.5893.00690. Epub 2018 May 25.
Spinal overload among blue-collar workers occurs most frequently in the lumbar spine. Long-lasting spinal overload results in pain syndromes leading to limitations in everyday and professional life.
The research included 106 adult males working as farmers for at least 10 years. The control group included 50 male white-collar workers. Four research tools were used: an interview questionnaire, a questionnaire assessing pain intensity and limitations in everyday functioning of study participants, a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) measuring pain intensity and Oswestry Disability Index.
The research revealed that as many as 86% of the farmers (91 individuals) experienced low back pain. In the control group only 64% of all the white-collar workers complained of pain in this part of the spine. The farmers defined their low back pain as constant pain or stiffness significantly more often. In addition, they reported hip pain radiating to one or 2 legs and experienced chronic and acute back pain more frequently. The total time in which they experienced this pain was usually 11-20 years. The correlation between pain intensity measured on a numeric scale and the level of disability of farmers was revealed.
The research revealed that individual farmers complained of low back pain significantly more often. The pain was usually defined as constant pain, chronic pain, acute pain or hip pain radiating to legs. Med Pr 2018;69(4):355-364.
蓝领工人的脊柱负荷过重最常发生在腰椎。长期的脊柱负荷过重会导致疼痛综合征，进而限制日常生活和职业生活。
该研究纳入了106名成年男性农民，他们从事农业工作至少10年。对照组包括50名男性白领。使用了四种研究工具：一份访谈问卷、一份评估研究参与者疼痛强度和日常功能受限情况的问卷、一个测量疼痛强度的数字评分量表（NRS）和奥斯维斯特里功能障碍指数。
研究发现，多达86%的农民（91人）经历过腰痛。在对照组中，只有64%的白领抱怨过脊柱这一部位疼痛。农民将他们的腰痛更多地定义为持续性疼痛或僵硬。此外，他们报告有髋部疼痛放射至一条或两条腿，且更频繁地经历慢性和急性背痛。他们经历这种疼痛的总时间通常为11至20年。研究揭示了数字量表测量的疼痛强度与农民功能障碍水平之间的相关性。
研究表明，个体农民抱怨腰痛的频率明显更高。疼痛通常被定义为持续性疼痛、慢性疼痛、急性疼痛或放射至腿部的髋部疼痛。《医学实践》2018年；69(4):355 - 364。
