Finkelstein M M
Health and Safety Studies Unit, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Toronto, Canada.
Occup Environ Med. 1995 Jan;52(1):51-3. doi: 10.1136/oem.52.1.51.
To test the hypothesis that reports of back pain in a working population are associated with parenthood.
A questionnaire survey of back pain in municipal fire fighters and police officers in a municipality in Ontario, Canada. The questionnaire was distributed to current employees of fire and police departments. The survey was completed by 129 fire fighters (68% of the active force) and 346 police officers (74% of the force).
36% of the respondents complained of a back problem. The prevalence increased from 13% among men aged 19 to 28 to 47% among men aged 49 to 59. The complaint was more common among firefighters (42%) than among police officers (33%). In a logistic regression analysis, back problems were significantly associated with the duration of employment, cigarette smoking, and the number of children.
Back pain is a multifactorial problem with significant impact on the working population. This survey has found that parenthood, a risk factor not previously described among men, is associated with self reported back pain. The mechanism presumably involves lifting of children or recreational factors. Fatherhood seems to be a confounder that should be controlled for in studies of occupational causes of back pain.
检验这样一种假设，即在职人群中背痛报告与为人父母有关。
对加拿大安大略省一个城市的市政消防员和警察进行背痛问卷调查。问卷发放给消防和警察部门的在职员工。129名消防员（占现役人员的68%）和346名警察（占警力的74%）完成了调查。
36%的受访者抱怨有背部问题。患病率从19至28岁男性中的13%增至49至59岁男性中的47%。这种抱怨在消防员中（42%）比在警察中（33%）更常见。在逻辑回归分析中，背部问题与就业时长、吸烟及子女数量显著相关。
背痛是一个对在职人群有重大影响的多因素问题。这项调查发现，为人父母这一此前未在男性中描述过的风险因素与自我报告的背痛有关。其机制可能涉及抱起孩子或娱乐因素。为人父似乎是一个在背痛职业病因研究中应加以控制的混杂因素。
