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Investigation of Factors Associated With Pain Intensity in Office Workers With Non-Specific Low Back Pain
Halil Alkan1, Semiha Yenişehir1
1Muş Alparslan University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Muş, Turkey.
Background:
Low back pain is an important health problem causing serious physical, psychological, and economic losses in developed and developing countries.
Aim:
The aim of this study is to investigate comprehensively the factors related to the intensity of pain in office workers with non-specific low back pain (NSLBP).
Methods:
The study included 71 university office workers with NSLBP, aged 21-55 years. In addition to evaluating the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of office workers with NSLBP, visual analog scale (VAS), Short-Form 36 (SF-36), Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TKS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Timed Up and Go (TUG) outcome measurements were applied.
Results:
There was a statistically significant association between the intensity of pain and TUG test (p = .000), job satisfaction (p = .015), percentages of disability (p = .000), quality of life (role difficulty due to physical limitation, p = .010; pain, p = .000; social the function, p = .044), and depression (p = .004).
Conclusions:
While the functional performance, job satisfaction level, and quality of life in office workers with NSLBP with severe-intensity pain were lower, level of disability, depression were higher in office workers with NSLBP with mild-to-moderate-intensity pain.
