Al-Ruwaili Bashayr, Khalil Tahani
Family Medicine Department, King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2019 Aug 31;7(17):2807-2813. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.787. eCollection 2019 Sep 15.
Low back pain is a common presenting symptom among workers in primary health care facilities, including physicians.
This study aimed to identify the magnitude, determinants and sequence of the problem of low back pain among physicians working at the King Salman Armed Forces hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was carried out among physicians who are working at King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. A previously validated self-administered questionnaire was utilised for data collection including demographic information and data related to low back pain and its characteristics and outcome.
The study included 254 physicians. Their age ranged between 23 and 66 with a mean ± SD of 36.0 ± 9.3 years. Almost two-thirds (66.9%) were males. Most of the physicians (76.4%) ever had LBP whereas 70.5% had LBP in the last 12 months. The only significant factor associated with LBP in the past 12 months was physicians` speciality as all ophthalmologists and majority of emergency physicians and anaesthesia/intensive care physicians (88.9%) compared to only 14.3% of nephrologists and neurologists expressed LBP in the last 12 months. Overall, the association between physicians' speciality and a history of LBP in the last 12 months was statistically significant, p = 0.014. Absence from work because of LBP in the last 3 months was mentioned by 15% of physicians.
Low back pain is a very common health problem among physicians working at the King Salman Armed Forces hospital, Saudi Arabia. A considerable proportion of them was absent from work because of LBP.
腰背痛是包括医生在内的基层医疗保健机构工作人员常见的就诊症状。
本研究旨在确定沙特阿拉伯塔布克市国王萨勒曼武装部队医院工作的医生中腰背痛问题的严重程度、决定因素和发生顺序。
对沙特阿拉伯塔布克市国王萨勒曼武装部队医院工作的医生进行了一项横断面研究。采用先前验证过的自填式问卷收集数据，包括人口统计学信息以及与腰背痛及其特征和后果相关的数据。
该研究纳入了254名医生。他们的年龄在23岁至66岁之间，平均年龄±标准差为36.0±9.3岁。近三分之二（66.9%）为男性。大多数医生（76.4%）曾患腰背痛，而在过去12个月中有70.5%的医生患有腰背痛。在过去12个月中与腰背痛相关的唯一显著因素是医生的专业，所有眼科医生以及大多数急诊科医生和麻醉/重症监护医生（88.9%）在过去12个月中表示有腰背痛，而肾病科医生和神经科医生中只有14.3%有此症状。总体而言，医生的专业与过去12个月腰背痛病史之间的关联具有统计学意义，p = 0.014。15%的医生提到在过去3个月因腰背痛而缺勤。
腰背痛是沙特阿拉伯国王萨勒曼武装部队医院工作的医生中非常常见的健康问题。其中相当一部分人因腰背痛而缺勤。
