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Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a serious health problem among medical students. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for LBP among Serbian medical students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among medical students at one University in Serbia. Data was collec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7950191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33732555 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11055 |
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author | Ilic, Irena Milicic, Vesna Grujicic, Sandra Zivanovic Macuzic, Ivana Kocic, Sanja Ilic, Milena D. |
author_facet | Ilic, Irena Milicic, Vesna Grujicic, Sandra Zivanovic Macuzic, Ivana Kocic, Sanja Ilic, Milena D. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a serious health problem among medical students. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for LBP among Serbian medical students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among medical students at one University in Serbia. Data was collected by a self-reported questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to determine the factors associated with LBP; results from the analyses were expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: The study sample comprised 499 medical students, giving a response rate of 92.9%. The mean age of the participants was 22.0 ± 2.2 years (range 18–34). Overall, 20.8% (104/499) of medical students had LBP at the time of study. Cigarette smoking (OR = 2.5, 95% CI [1.5–4.2], p = 0.001), stress during classes (OR = 1.8, 95% CI [1.1–3.0], p = 0.039), incorrect sleeping position (OR = 1.9, 95% CI [1.2–3.1], p = 0.006) and family history of LBP (OR = 1.6, 95% CI [1.1–2.7], p = 0.047) were independently associated with high prevalence of LBP at the time of the study. CONCLUSIONS: LBP is a highly prevalent health problem in medical students in Serbia. The association between LBP and cigarette smoking, stress during classes, incorrect sleeping position and LBP in family history has been observed in medical students. |
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spelling | pubmed-79501912021-03-16 Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study Ilic, Irena Milicic, Vesna Grujicic, Sandra Zivanovic Macuzic, Ivana Kocic, Sanja Ilic, Milena D. PeerJ Anesthesiology and Pain Management BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is a serious health problem among medical students. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors for LBP among Serbian medical students. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among medical students at one University in Serbia. Data was collected by a self-reported questionnaire. Logistic regression was used to determine the factors associated with LBP; results from the analyses were expressed as odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: The study sample comprised 499 medical students, giving a response rate of 92.9%. The mean age of the participants was 22.0 ± 2.2 years (range 18–34). Overall, 20.8% (104/499) of medical students had LBP at the time of study. Cigarette smoking (OR = 2.5, 95% CI [1.5–4.2], p = 0.001), stress during classes (OR = 1.8, 95% CI [1.1–3.0], p = 0.039), incorrect sleeping position (OR = 1.9, 95% CI [1.2–3.1], p = 0.006) and family history of LBP (OR = 1.6, 95% CI [1.1–2.7], p = 0.047) were independently associated with high prevalence of LBP at the time of the study. CONCLUSIONS: LBP is a highly prevalent health problem in medical students in Serbia. The association between LBP and cigarette smoking, stress during classes, incorrect sleeping position and LBP in family history has been observed in medical students. PeerJ Inc. 2021-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7950191/ /pubmed/33732555 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11055 Text en © 2021 Ilic et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Anesthesiology and Pain Management Ilic, Irena Milicic, Vesna Grujicic, Sandra Zivanovic Macuzic, Ivana Kocic, Sanja Ilic, Milena D. Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title | Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in Serbia, a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | prevalence and correlates of low back pain among undergraduate medical students in serbia, a cross-sectional study |
topic | Anesthesiology and Pain Management |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7950191/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33732555 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11055 |
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