The interference of low back pain on everyday functions of life in care workers for persons with intellectual,autistic, and associated multiple disabilities: The Brief Pain Inventory short form (BPI-SF) survey |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Chung-Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, New Taipei City, Taiwan;3. Center for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia;4. Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan;5. Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan;6. Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan;1. Revalidatie Friesland Centre for Rehabilitation, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands;2. Department of Rehabilitation, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;3. Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands;1. Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;2. P.A.I.N. Group, Boston Children’s Hospital, Center for Pain and the Brain, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA;3. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA;1. Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;2. Chanwuyi Research Center for Neuropsychological Well-being, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;3. Henan Songshan Research Institute for Chanwuyi, Henan 452470, China;4. Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;1. Department of Social Work, National Taipei University, Taiwan, 151 University Road, Sanshia District, New Taipei City, 23741, Taiwan;2. Department of Statistics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Low back pain is a critical public health problem; this condition significantly affects the quality of life and has a major socioeconomic impact. The present study aimed to investigate the interference of low back pain with everyday functions of life in disability care workers, and to examine the influencing factors of the interference, such as workers’ demographic, lifestyle habits, self-reported health status, working conditions and previous pain experience. The Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale and Brief Pain Inventory – Short Form were used to identify the pain severity and life interference of 677 participants who had experienced low back pain conditions in the previous year. The results indicated that the mean score of the pain severity was 3.78 ± 1.82, 78.9% subjects experienced mild pain (score 2–4), 13.7% subjects experienced moderate pain, and 5.3% subjects experienced severe pain. More than twenty percent of the respondents reported that low back pain moderately or severely interfered with their daily functions. Many working conditions and pain experienced significantly correlated with the score of pain interference in the care workers after controlling for factors of healthy lifestyle and health status (R2 = 41.7%). These findings may garner attention from health welfare authorities and lead to improvements in health promotion initiatives to prevent low back pain from interfering with the daily activities of care workers for people with intellectual, autistic and associated disabilities. |
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| Keywords: | Intellectual disability Autism Low back pain Life interference FACES pain rating scale BPI-SF |
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