The Impact of Low Back Pain on the Quality of Life of Children between 6 and 12 Years of Age

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of low back pain on the perceived health-related quality of life of children between 6 and 12 years of age. This is a cross-sectional study of three hundred seventy-seven students from three schools (two private and one public) located in the city of Botucatu, São Paulo. Data were collected using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL, version 4.0), a questionnaire comprising questions on personal background, sociodemographic and socioeconomic information, and a questionnaire about quality of life. Comparisons were made between groups with and without low back pain. The chi-squared test was used for analyzing categorical variables, and the non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was used for continuous variables. According to the findings obtained in this study, it was observed that low back pain in the last month was reported by 27.3% of the total participants. The perceived health-related quality of life was lower among individuals who had low back pain, and the scores of physical and emotional functioning domains were also lower in the presence of low back pain. The prevalence of low back pain among children and adolescents is relatively high. Furthermore, the repercussions of low back pain may lead to a lower overall perception of the health-related quality of life in this population and affect aspects of physical and emotional functioning.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2023), 7 vom: 24. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Santos, Elisiane de Souza [VerfasserIn]
Bernardes, João Marcos [VerfasserIn]
Vianna, Luana Schneider [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Gómez-Salgado, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Alonso, Melissa Spröesser [VerfasserIn]
Noll, Matias [VerfasserIn]
Dias, Adriano [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescent
Child
Cross-sectional studies
Journal Article
Low back pain
Quality of life

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Date Revised 15.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/healthcare11070948

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355512327