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Prevalence of spinal pain in a population of Bosnia and Herzegovina

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of spinal pain in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November/December 2018. Participants were inhabitants of BiH of both sexes, aged ≥ 16 years. The sample was strati...

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Autores principales: Hrkać, Antonija, Perković, Roberta, Krišto, Branko, Puljak, Livia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIMS Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2022053
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author Hrkać, Antonija
Perković, Roberta
Krišto, Branko
Puljak, Livia
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Krišto, Branko
Puljak, Livia
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description OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of spinal pain in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November/December 2018. Participants were inhabitants of BiH of both sexes, aged ≥ 16 years. The sample was stratified based on region and demographic characteristics. Current pain was analyzed; point prevalence was measured. RESULTS: We received 1048 responses, of which data from 1017 could be used. The prevalence of spinal pain in BiH was 70.9%: 75.5% in women (n = 440) and 64.7% in men (n = 281). Low back pain (LBP) was more common compared to neck pain (NP) and thoracic pain (TP) in both sexes and all age groups. Significant associations with spinal pain in the bivariate analysis were found for the following groups: women, aged from 30 to 50 years, with high school education, employed persons and retirees, spinal pain in parents, smoking, irregular physical activity, longer use of TV or computer/mobile phone per day. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first study of the prevalence of spinal pain in BiH. Some factors associated with spinal pain are modifiable. Therefore, public health interventions should target those factors to reduce the burden of spinal pain in BiH.
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spelling pubmed-98074132023-01-11 Prevalence of spinal pain in a population of Bosnia and Herzegovina Hrkać, Antonija Perković, Roberta Krišto, Branko Puljak, Livia AIMS Public Health Research Article OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of spinal pain in the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional survey conducted online in November/December 2018. Participants were inhabitants of BiH of both sexes, aged ≥ 16 years. The sample was stratified based on region and demographic characteristics. Current pain was analyzed; point prevalence was measured. RESULTS: We received 1048 responses, of which data from 1017 could be used. The prevalence of spinal pain in BiH was 70.9%: 75.5% in women (n = 440) and 64.7% in men (n = 281). Low back pain (LBP) was more common compared to neck pain (NP) and thoracic pain (TP) in both sexes and all age groups. Significant associations with spinal pain in the bivariate analysis were found for the following groups: women, aged from 30 to 50 years, with high school education, employed persons and retirees, spinal pain in parents, smoking, irregular physical activity, longer use of TV or computer/mobile phone per day. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is the first study of the prevalence of spinal pain in BiH. Some factors associated with spinal pain are modifiable. Therefore, public health interventions should target those factors to reduce the burden of spinal pain in BiH. AIMS Press 2022-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9807413/ /pubmed/36636151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2022053 Text en © 2022 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) )
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title_short Prevalence of spinal pain in a population of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort prevalence of spinal pain in a population of bosnia and herzegovina
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9807413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636151
http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/publichealth.2022053
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