Consequences of spinal pain: Do age and gender matter? A Danish cross-sectional population-based study of 34,902 individuals 20-71 years of age

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research Article

Jan Nielsen¹  Kirsten O Kyvik²  Jan Hartvigsen³  René Fejer⁴  Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde⁵ 

[1] Center for National Clinical Databases, South, Department of Research and Health Technology Assessment, Odense University Hospital, Denmark;Institute of Regional Health Services Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;Odense Patient data Exploratory Network (OPEN), Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark;Institute of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics, Odense, Denmark;The Research Department, the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark, Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark;The Research Department, the Spine Centre of Southern Denmark, Hospital Lillebaelt, Middelfart, Denmark;Institute of Regional Health Services Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark;

关键词: Physical Activity;    Neck Pain;    Disability Pension;    Spinal Pain;    Seek Health Care;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-12-39

 received in 2010-09-27, accepted in 2011-02-08,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundWhile low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) have been extensively studied, knowledge on mid back pain (MBP) is still lacking. Furthermore, pain from these three spinal areas is typically studied or reported separately and in depth understanding of pain from the entire spine and its consequences is still needed.ObjectivesTo describe self-reported consequences of pain in the three spinal regions in relation to age and gender.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional postal survey, comprising 34,902 twin individuals, representative of the general Danish adult population. The variables of interest in relation to consequences of spinal pain were: Care-seeking, reduced physical activity, sick-leave, change in work situation, and disability pension.ResultsAlmost two-thirds of individuals with spinal pain did not report any consequence. Generally, consequences due to LBP were more frequently reported than those due to NP or MBP. Regardless of area of complaint, care seeking and reduced physical activities were the most commonly reported consequences, followed by sick-leave, change of work, and disability pension. There was a small mid-life peak for care-seeking and a slow general increase in reduced activities with increasing age. Increasing age was not associated with a higher reporting of sick-leave but the duration of the sick-leave increased somewhat with age. Disability pension due to spinal pain was reported exceedingly rare before the age of 50. Typically, women slightly more often than men reported some kind of consequences due to spinal pain.ConclusionsMost people reporting spinal pain manage without any serious consequences. Low back pain more commonly results in some kind of consequence when compared to NP and MBP. Few age-related trends in consequences were seen with a slight predominance of women reporting consequences.

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