Buscar en
Revista Colombiana de Reumatología (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Revista Colombiana de Reumatología (English Edition) Low back pain in workers. Occupational risk and related variables
Journal Information
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Visits
3097
Original Investigation
Low back pain in workers. Occupational risk and related variables
Dolor lumbar en trabajadores. Riesgos laborales y variables relacionadas
Visits
3097
M. Teófila Vicente-Herreroa,
Corresponding author
, Servio Tulio Casal Fuentesb, Gemma Victoria Espí-Lópezc, Alejandro Fernández-Monterod
a Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Área de Medicina del Trabajo, Grupo Correos, Valencia, Spain
b Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, ASPY Prevención, Valencia, Spain
c Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
d Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Área de Medicina del Trabajo, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
This item has received
Received 20 February 2019. Accepted 11 October 2019
Article information
Abstract
Full Text
Bibliography
Download PDF
Statistics
Figures (2)
Tables (5)
Table 1. Percentual relationship of the type of work with personal variables.
Table 2. Percentual relationship of the type of work with low back pain-associated clinical variables.
Table 3. Percentual relationship of the type of work with occupational variables.
Table 4. Percentual relationship of age with occupational variables.
Table 5. Percentual relationship of gender with occupational variables.
Show moreShow less
Additional material (1)
Abstract
Introduction

Low back pain is a prevalent condition with health, social and occupational impact. The aim of this study is to assess the influence of social and occupational factors on worker patients with low back pain.

Method

A descriptive study was conducted on 349 subjects with low back pain. The main independent variable was being a manual or non-manual worker. Other social-occupational and lifestyle variables were also considered. The level of disability was established according to the Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire, and the association between the type of job and the test was evaluated using multiple linear regressions.

Results

Manual workers are heavier smokers (47%), experience more pain (74.3%), have a lower economic status (89.3%), use more drugs (57.7%), have limitations in walking (17.5%) and standing (25.6%), used carrying protocols (85.5%), make repetitive movements (77.4%). They made trunk (52.6%) and upper limb movements (24.8%), and received less prevention training (51.7%), but used low back protection (19.6%).

The non-manual workers had greater limitation in handling loads (37.4%) and sitting (43.5%), and computer screen user protocols were applied (94.8%), and had a lower social class classification (57.1 low-middle class).

Performing manual tasks at work is significantly associated with an increase of 2 points in the Oswestry test compared to non-manual workers, when adjusted for age and gender (coefficient β: 2, 95% CI: 0.6–3.36).

Conclusion

Low back pain is a prevalent condition, with an unfavorable prognosis that has an individual, social, and occupational impact. Performing manual tasks is associated with an increase in the disability scale, regardless of age and gender.

Keywords:
Low back pain
Disability
White and blue collar workers
Risk factors
Occupational health
Resumen
Introducción

El dolor lumbar es una dolencia prevalente con repercusión sanitaria, social y laboral. Es objetivo de este trabajo valorar la influencia de las variables sociolaborales en pacientes con lumbalgia que trabajan.

Método

Estudio descriptivo en 349 sujetos con lumbalgia. Es variable independiente principal ser trabajador manual y no manual; también son recogidas otras variables sociolaborales y de estilo de vida. La incapacidad se obtuvo mediante la escala del cuestionario de Oswestry y la asociación entre el tipo de tarea y el test se evaluó con regresión lineal múltiple.

Resultados

Los trabajadores manuales consumen más tabaco (47%), tienen más dolor (74.3%), peor situación económica (89.3%), consumen más fármacos (57.7%), tienen limitación en deambulación (17.5%) y bipedestación (25.6%), se les aplican protocolos de cargas (85.5%) y movimientos repetidos (77.4%), realizan movimientos de tronco (52.6%) y miembros superiores (24.8%) y reciben menor formación preventiva (51.7%), pero utilizan protección lumbar (19.6%).

Los trabajadores no manuales tienen mayor limitación en cargas (37.4%) y sedestación (43.5%) se les aplican protocolos de usuarios de pantallas (94.8%) y tienen peor tipificación en clase social (57,1 clase media-baja).

Realizar tareas manuales en el trabajo se asocia significativamente con un aumento de 2 puntos en el test de Oswestry respecto a los no manuales, ajustado por edad y género (coeficiente β: 2, IC 95%: 0,65–3,36).

Conclusión

La lumbalgia es una dolencia prevalente, de curso desfavorable, que implica impacto individual, social y laboral. Realizar tareas manuales se asocia con un aumento en la escala de incapacidad, independientemente de la edad y el género.

Palabras clave:
Dolor lumbar
Discapacidad
Trabajadores de cuello blanco y cuello azul
Factores de riesgo
Salud laboral

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Revista Colombiana de Reumatología (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
Tools
Supplemental materials