• Jornal de pediatria · Nov 2020

    Low back pain in adolescents and association with sociodemographic factors, electronic devices, physical activity and mental health.

    • Thiago Paulo Frascareli Bento, Guilherme Porfirio Cornelio, Priscila de Oliveira Perrucini, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Marta Helena Souza de Conti, and de VittaAlbertoAUniversidade Anhanguera (Uniderp), Campo Grande, MS, Brazil..
    • Universidade do Sagrado Coração (USC), Programa de Mestrado em Fisioterapia em Saúde Funcional, Bauru, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: thibento10@gmail.com.
    • J Pediatr (Rio J). 2020 Nov 1; 96 (6): 717-724.

    ObjectivesTo determine the prevalence of low back pain and to analyze the association with the individual, sociodemographic variables, electronic devices, habitual practice of physical activity, and mental health problems.MethodsCross-sectional study with 1,628 students in public schools in the city of Bauru, SP, Brazil. The following data were collected: 1. demographic and socioeconomic aspects; 2. Use of electronic devices; 3. habitual physical activity level (Baecke); 3. mental health (SDQ). 4. low back pain (Nordic Questionnaire). Descriptive analyzes and bivariate and multivariate logistic regression were used.ResultsThe overall prevalence of low back pain was 46.7% (95% CI: 44.27 to 49.11); men showed a prevalence of 42.0% (95% CI: 36.63 to 43.41) and women 58.0% (95% CI: 49.73 to 56.51), a statistically significant difference. The variables associated with pain in the low back region were: female gender (PR=1.70), daily TV use for more than 3hours (PR=1.17), use of laptop computer (PR=1.40), use of the cell phone in the supine position (PR=1.23), use of the cell phone in semi-supine position (PR=1.49), daily cell phone use for more than 3hours (PR=1.36), use of tablet (PR=1.67), daily tablet use for more than above 3hours (PR=1.46), and clinically important mental health problems (PR=2.62).ConclusionThere is a high prevalence of low back pain in high school students and striking association with female sex, electronic devices, and mental health problems.Copyright © 2019 Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

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