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Low back pain risk among older adults

Geriatrik bireylerde bel ağrısı riski

Pages
421–427
Publication Date
2020-06-30
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When the risk of low back pain in all participants was examined, it was found that 39.5% of elderly participants without low back pain were at potential risk and 47% of elderly participants with low back pain were at significant risk.Conclusion: The findings indicate that mostly older Turkish adults who did not report low back pain are at risk in terms of low back pain.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Purpose: Low back pain is well documented to be an extremely common health problem in all decades worldwide.
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Key Findings & Data:Back pain affects 80% of people over the age of 30 at some point in their lives.
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Conclusion & Impact:When the risk of low back pain in all participants was examined, it was found that 39.5% of elderly participants without low back pain were at potential risk and 47% of elderly participants with low back pain were at significant risk.Conclusion: The findings indicate that mostly older Turkish adults who did not report low back pain are at risk in terms of low back pain.
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⚙️Variables:yaşlı · bel ağrısı · risk

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Purpose: Low back pain is well documented to be an extremely common health problem in all decades worldwide. Back pain affects 80% of people over the age of 30 at some point in their lives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the low back pain risk among older adults.Materials and Methods: Five hundred fiftysix elderly people (279 females; 277 males; mean age: 71.45±5.99 yrs.) included the study. The pain intensity was measured using by the Visual Analog scale (VAS). The low back pain risk ratio of the older adults was evaluated using by a Low Back Pain Risk Scale.Results: While 60.4% of the participants reported low back pain (n: 335), the rest of the sample did not report low back pain (n: 221; 39.6%). The mean pain intensity of the participants with low back pain was 4.43±1.9 cm. When the risk of low back pain in all participants was examined, it was found that 39.5% of elderly participants without low back pain were at potential risk and 47% of elderly participants with low back pain were at significant risk.Conclusion: The findings indicate that mostly older Turkish adults who did not report low back pain are at risk in terms of low back pain. That’s why older adults should be assessed for chronic low back pain to improve their quality of life.

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Amaç: Bel ağrısının, tüm dünyada yıllardır oldukça yaygın bir sağlık sorunu olduğu belgelenmiştir. Bel ağrısı, 30 yaş üstü insanların %80'ini yaşamlarının bir noktasında etkiler. Bu çalışmanın amacı yaşlı erişkinlerde bel ağrısı riskini değerlendirmektir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmaya beş yüz elli altı yaşlı (279 kadın; 277 erkek; ortalama yaş: 71,45 ± 5,99 yıl) dahil edildi. Ağrı şiddeti, Visual Analog skalası (VAS) kullanılarak ölçüldü. Yaşlı erişkinlerin bel ağrısı riski oranı, Bel Ağrısı Riski Ölçeği kullanılarak değerlendirildi.Bulgular: Katılımcıların %60,4'ü bel ağrısı bildirirken (n:335), geri kalanı bel ağrısı bildirmedi (n: 221; %39,6). Bel ağrısı olan katılımcıların ortalama ağrı şiddeti 4,43 ± 1,9 cm idi. Tüm katılımcılarda bel ağrısı riski incelendiğinde, bel ağrısı olmayan yaşlı katılımcıların %39,5'inin potansiyel risk altında olduğu ve bel ağrısı olan yaşlı katılımcıların %47'sinin önemli risk altında olduğu bulundu.Sonuç: Bulgular bel ağrısı bildirmeyen çoğunlukla yaşlı Türk erişkinlerin bel ağrısı açısından risk altında olduğunu göstermektedir. Bu nedenle geriatrik bireyler yaşam kalitelerini artırmak için kronik bel ağrısı açısından değerlendirilmelidir.

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YAĞCI, N., CAVLAK, U., BASKAN, E., ÖZTOP, M. (2020). Low back pain risk among older adults. Cukurova Medical Journal, Cilt: 45 - Sayı: 2, 421–427. https://ajindex.com/articles/56158

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