• 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... more (Uniderp), Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.. less
    • 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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