Prevalence and factors associated with low back pain in the elderly

• Grant number: 11/20027-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2011
• End date: November 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Alberto de Vitta
• Grantee: Natasha Mendonça Quintino
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências da Saúde (ICS). Universidade Paulista (UNIP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal is to determine the prevalence of low back pain in individuals 60 years or more of areas covered by the Family Health Strategy "Vila Sao Paulo" in the city of Bauru, São Paulo, and its association with demographic and socioeconomic variables relating to work, lifestyle and morbidity. Sampling will be by cluster in two stages, and the sample size will be 360 seniors. To collect the data will be interviewed, at home, using the following instruments: 1. Characteristics of participants (demographic, socioeconomic, work-related, lifestyle and morbidity), 2. Musculoskeletal symptoms in the questionnaire - Nordic questionnaire for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms. The associations between musculoskeletal symptoms (ME) and demographic, socioeconomic, work-related, lifestyle, and morbidity will be studied through the prevalence ratios and factors associated with ME symptoms obtained by tuning a multivariate logistic regression model.(AU)