Lower back pain syndrome under polyclinic conditions

Objective: to define the rate and nature of lower back pain (LBP) in outpatients seeking medical care at Republican Hospital One — National Center of Medicine in Yakutsk. Subjects and methods. A total of 1072 patients (343 (32%) males (mean age 44.9+14.9 years) and 729 (68%) females (mean age 49.8+1...

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Published in:Rheumatology Science and Practice
Main Authors: Anna Efremovna Mikhailova, R N Zakharova, Sh F Erdes, V G Krivoshapkin, T A Romanova, O L Sidorova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: IMA PRESS LLC 2013
Subjects:
lower back pain
diagnostic sorting
warning signs
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
RC925-935
Yakutsk
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14412/1995-4484-2013-1500
https://doaj.org/article/a57e3c7e4bb34dcda80e7b4e7368d3c8
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Summary:Objective: to define the rate and nature of lower back pain (LBP) in outpatients seeking medical care at Republican Hospital One — National Center of Medicine in Yakutsk. Subjects and methods. A total of 1072 patients (343 (32%) males (mean age 44.9+14.9 years) and 729 (68%) females (mean age 49.8+12.2 years)) seeking medical assistance were asked using questionnaires. Results. Out of the 1072 respondents, 415 patients complained about LBP. Twenty-seven patients were found to have probable specific diseases and 47 had nerve root pains. LBP was chronic in 341 of the 415 patients. Conclusion. LBP is a common reason for patients seeking outpatient care. In the majority of cases, they sought medical assistance for chronic nonspecific pain.

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