Hrkać Antonija, Perković Roberta, Krišto Branko, Puljak Livia
Faculty of Health Studies, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Cantonal Hospital, Dr. Fra Mihovil Sučić, Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
AIMS Public Health. 2022 Dec 5;9(4):790-804. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2022053. eCollection 2022.
To determine the prevalence and risk factors of spinal pain in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).
This was a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November/December 2018. Participants were inhabitants of BiH of both sexes, aged ≥ 16 years. The sample was stratified based on region and demographic characteristics. Current pain was analyzed; point prevalence was measured.
We received 1048 responses, of which data from 1017 could be used. The prevalence of spinal pain in BiH was 70.9%: 75.5% in women (n = 440) and 64.7% in men (n = 281). Low back pain (LBP) was more common compared to neck pain (NP) and thoracic pain (TP) in both sexes and all age groups. Significant associations with spinal pain in the bivariate analysis were found for the following groups: women, aged from 30 to 50 years, with high school education, employed persons and retirees, spinal pain in parents, smoking, irregular physical activity, longer use of TV or computer/mobile phone per day.
To our knowledge, this is the first study of the prevalence of spinal pain in BiH. Some factors associated with spinal pain are modifiable. Therefore, public health interventions should target those factors to reduce the burden of spinal pain in BiH.
确定波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那（波黑）人群中脊柱疼痛的患病率及危险因素。
这是一项于2018年11月/12月在线开展的横断面调查。参与者为波黑年龄≥16岁的男女居民。样本根据地区和人口统计学特征进行分层。分析当前疼痛情况；测量时点患病率。
我们收到了1048份回复，其中1017份的数据可用。波黑脊柱疼痛的患病率为70.9%：女性为75.5%（n = 440），男性为64.7%（n = 281）。在所有性别和年龄组中，下背痛（LBP）比颈痛（NP）和胸痛（TP）更常见。在双变量分析中，发现以下几组与脊柱疼痛存在显著关联：30至50岁的女性、受过高中教育者、在职人员和退休人员、父母有脊柱疼痛、吸烟、缺乏规律体育活动、每天看电视或使用电脑/手机时间较长。
据我们所知，这是波黑首项关于脊柱疼痛患病率的研究。一些与脊柱疼痛相关的因素是可以改变的。因此，公共卫生干预措施应针对这些因素，以减轻波黑脊柱疼痛的负担。
