Javed Salman, Dawood Muhammad Hamza, Memon Muhammad Waseem, Selod Ibrahim Zahid, Seja Arshi
Department of Orthopedic, Creek General Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan, Affiliated with Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
SAGE Open Med. 2023 Mar 18;11:20503121231157217. doi: 10.1177/20503121231157217. eCollection 2023.
Our goal was to deduce the prevalence of low back pain among medical doctors in the teaching hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan, along with its associated variables and the functional disability accompanying it.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among medical doctors from Creek General Hospital and United Hospital, affiliated with United Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan. A sample of 80 participants was included in this study, and a non-probability convenient sampling with randomization was utilized. Using a three-part questionnaire that included the Oswestry Disability Index, all participants were scrutinized for low back pain with its characteristics, associated risk factors, and functional disability.
Seventy percent of medical doctors included in this study suffered from the problem of low back pain, with 68% experiencing it over the last 3 months to 1 year. Furthermore, 89% and 11% suffered from minimal and moderate disability, respectively, affecting day-to-day and work life. Moreover, this study also found a significantly positive association ( value < 0.05*) of low back pain with age and work-related characteristics and was more common in those with work experience between 1 and 10 years, >8 working hours, >4 standing hours, and belonging to the surgery and medicine specialties. The association was significantly positive according to the chi-square/Fischer exact test.
Our study addressed the evidence that low back pain is prevalent among medical doctors in teaching hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan, potentially affecting patient treatment and student education and accentuating the need for further intervention and research among doctors worldwide.
我们的目标是推断巴基斯坦卡拉奇教学医院医生中腰痛的患病率、其相关变量以及伴随的功能障碍。
这项横断面研究在巴基斯坦卡拉奇联合医学与牙科学院附属的克里克综合医院和联合医院的医生中进行。本研究纳入了80名参与者的样本，并采用了随机化的非概率方便抽样。使用一份包含奥斯维斯特里残疾指数的三部分问卷，对所有参与者进行腰痛及其特征、相关危险因素和功能障碍的检查。
本研究中70%的医生患有腰痛问题，其中68%在过去3个月至1年期间经历过腰痛。此外，分别有89%和11%的人患有轻度和中度残疾，影响日常生活和工作。此外，本研究还发现腰痛与年龄和工作相关特征之间存在显著正相关（ 值<0.05*），在工作经验为1至10年、工作时间>8小时、站立时间>4小时以及属于外科和内科专业的医生中更为常见。根据卡方检验/费舍尔精确检验，该关联显著为正。
我们的研究证实了在巴基斯坦卡拉奇教学医院的医生中腰痛普遍存在，这可能会影响患者治疗和学生教育，并凸显了全球医生进一步干预和研究的必要性。
