Moens G F, Dohogne T, Jacques P, Van Helshoecht P
IDEWE-Occupational Health Services, Leuven, Belgium.
Occup Med (Lond). 1993 May;43(2):78-84. doi: 10.1093/occmed/43.2.78.
In order to assess the prevalence of back pain problems among family care workers, and the association of back pain with selected variables, a cross-sectional survey among the 4723 employees of the largest Flemish organization for family care was conducted. A self-administered questionnaire comparable to the standardized Nordic questionnaire on musculoskeletal symptoms was distributed to all employees of the organization. The response rate was 90 per cent (n = 4256) and the study population was almost uniformly composed of females (99.8 per cent). The period prevalence (12 months) amounted to 63 per cent (95 per cent CI: 61.7-64.6) and the point prevalence to 18 per cent (95 per cent CI: 16.5-18.8). Among the respondents suffering from back pain during the past year, 72 per cent suffered from repeated episodes of pain. In 82 per cent low back pain was involved. Twenty-nine per cent of the complaints interrupted their work during the past year, yielding a total number of 23,396 days of sick leave. The mean sick leave for back pain was 36 days and the median 15 days. The frequency of back pain was found to vary according to the regional departments to which the employees belonged, some sections experiencing up to 36 per cent higher period prevalences than the units with the lowest figures.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
为评估家庭护理工作者中背痛问题的患病率，以及背痛与选定变量之间的关联，对弗拉芒最大的家庭护理组织的4723名员工进行了一项横断面调查。向该组织的所有员工发放了一份与标准化的北欧肌肉骨骼症状问卷类似的自填式问卷。回复率为90%（n = 4256），研究人群几乎全部由女性组成（99.8%）。期间患病率（12个月）为63%（95%置信区间：61.7 - 64.6），时点患病率为18%（95%置信区间：16.5 - 18.8）。在过去一年中患有背痛的受访者中，72%经历过反复疼痛发作。其中82%涉及下背痛。29%的病痛在过去一年中导致他们无法工作，病假天数总计达23396天。背痛的平均病假天数为36天，中位数为15天。研究发现，背痛的频率因员工所属的地区部门而异，一些部门的期间患病率比患病率最低的单位高出36%。（摘要截选于250字）
