Health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain in a low resource setting: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda
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Published:2023-04-11
Issue:1
Volume:23
Page:565-74
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ISSN:1729-0503
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Container-title:African Health Sciences
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language:
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Short-container-title:Afr H. Sci.
Author:
Amesiya Robert,Nyati Mallon,Waiswa Gonzaga,S Mwaka Erisa
Abstract
Background: Low back pain is the leading global cause of years lost to disability. The study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain attending an outpatient clinic at a national referral hospital in Uganda
Methods: This was a hospital based cross-sectional study that involved 250 adult patients with low back pain. Data were collected using the modified short form-36 Health Survey questionnaire. Data were summarised using descriptive statistics. Analysis of Variance, the F-test and linear regression analysis were used for inferential statistics.
Result: Majority of participants were female (66.4%) with a mean age of 60 years (SD 12.9, range 20- 87) and 44.6% were manual labourers. 70% of participants had had low back pain for more than one year and 74% had neuropathic symptoms. The total quality of life of participants was poor with a mean score of 31.9 (SD 15.6). The factors that significantly influenced quality of Llife included performing manual work (p=0.01), being unemployed (p=0.027) and weakness in the lower limbs (p=0.01).
Conclusion: Patients with low back pain had a poor quality of life that was significantly influenced by being unemployed, doing manual work and clinical features of nerve compression.
Keywords: Low back pain; Quality of life; Health-related.
Publisher
African Journals Online (AJOL)
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