Tag: NRS

Self-assessment of back pain incidence in nursing staff and physicians

Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Sabina Lizis, Dominik Szymański, Izabela Rutkowska

 

Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Sabina Lizis, Dominik Szymański, Izabela Rutkowska – Self-assessment of back pain incidence in nursing staff and physicians. Fizjoterapia Polska 2023; 23(2); 48-54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56984/8ZG0DF528

Abstract
Introduction. Musculoskeletal disorders and diseases related to the spine constitute a seri-ous medical, social and economic problem. The aim of this study was to self-assessment of back pain incidence in nursing staff and physicians.
Material and methods. The results of 100 professionally active people aged 40-50 were analyzed, including 50 representing the nursing staff  and 50 physicians who suffered from back pain in the two years preceding the study. The research tool was the author’s question-naire and the NDI and ODI indicies. The collected research results were analysed with the use of Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test.
Results. Among representatives of both medical professions, back pain occurred with a simi-lar frequency in the cervical and lumbar parts of the spine. We found that 48% of the nursing staff and 46% of physicians used medical care, and about 80% of the respondents used physiotherapy.
Conclusions. There is a need to disseminate spinal pain prevention programs among nursing staff and physicians, which will improve work efficiency.
Key words:
NRS, ODI, WHOQOL-BREF, spine, pain, functional efficiency
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Relationships between the quality of life and the intensity of pain and functional efficiency in women and men with degenerative changes in the lumbar spine

Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Dominik Szymański, Iwona Wawrzykowska, Sabina Lizis


Ewa Puszczałowska-Lizis, Dominik Szymański, Iwona Wawrzykowska, Sabina Lizis – Relationships between the quality of life and the intensity of pain and functional efficiency in women and men with degenerative changes in the lumbar spine. Fizjoterapia Polska 2023; 23(1); 68-73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56984/8ZG07B93B

Abstract
Introduction. Back pain is a serious medical and social problem. The aim of this study was relationships between the quality of life and the intensity of pain and functional efficiency in women and men with degenerative changes in the lumbar spine.
Material and methods. The study involved 53 women and 52 men, who, due to chronic pain in the lumbar spine due to degenerative changes, were qualified for therapy at the Local Government Health Center in Miedziana Gora. The research tool was NRS scale, Oswestry Distability Index ODI and shortened version of the survey WHOQOL-BREF. The collected research results were analysed with the use of Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test and Spearman rank correlation.
Results. Statistically significant differences in the values of the ODI questionnaire relating to the category “care” (p = 0.046) were found. In men, statistically significant negative associations between body build and the WHOQOL-BREF survey values concerning the somatic (p = 0.012), psychological (p = 0.007) and social (p = 0.022) domains were found. Statistically significant positive associations between the intensity of pain and functional capacity according to the ODI were found in both sexes (p < 0.001). Statistically significant negative relationships between the NRS value and the psychological domain were noted in women (p = 0.023), and with the somatic (p < 0.001), psychological (p = 0.006), socjal (p = 0.013) and environmental (p < 0.001) domain in men.
Wnioski. In terms of functional efficiency, men with back pain caused by degenerative changes are characterized by greater limitations in terms of activities related to care. In men, the increase in BMI is accompanied by a decrease in the quality of life in the somatic, psychological and social domains. In both sexes, the increase in the intensity of back pain affects the deterioration of functional efficiency. In women, the increase in the intensity of pain was associated with a decrease in the quality of life in the psychological domain, and in men in the somatic, psychological, social and environmental domains.
Słowa kluczowe:
NRS, ODI, WHOQOL-BREF, spine, pain, functional efficiency
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