To Find Out the Correlation between Pain Disability and Quality of Life with Low back Pain in Housewives of Age Group 40–50 Years sharma Ankita1,*, shahi saqueba1, begum Rashida2, singh Nirupma3 1Intern, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India 2Assistant Professor, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India 3Physiotherapist, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India *Corresponding address: Ankita Sharma, (BOT Intern) Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, Email- anku.sharma12366@gmail.com, Mob.: 9873328476
Online published on 16 January, 2018. Abstract Background The level of Quality of Life (QOL) and disability among women with low back pain is an important health issue at global level. Objective To find out the correlation between pain disability and QOL among women. Materials And Methods A community-based correlational study was conducted among 200 women aged 40–50 years who have Low back pain were interviewed, out of which 39 excluded because they did not need meet our inclusion criteria. Severity of pain was assessed using Visual Analogue Scale, Oswestry Disability Low Back Pain questionnaire was used to measure the disability level and WHOQOL-BREF scale was used to assess the quality of life. Results The findings of present study show that 74.19% of the subjects have episodes of low back pain. The present study findings found that the most of the women (74.19%) with low back pain experienced moderate disability (83/161) 51%, followed by severe disability (24/161) 14% and minimal disability (51/161) 31.67%. And crippled (3/161) 1.86%. It has a negative correlation with a value of (−0.11) that means very little effect on Disability. The intensity of pain i.e. moderate or severe has affected the physical domain most having a negative correlation with a value of-0.22 as compared to environment (−0.12), psychological (−0.08), social relation (−0.09). In this study we found that when BMI increases or if a person is overweight the level of pain also increases showing a positive correlation with a value of 0.14 Conclusion It is concluded that most of the housewives suffer from Low Back Ache. The physical quality of life is inversely/negatively correlated and BMI is directly/positively correlated with intensity of pain. Top Keywords BMI, Disability, LBP, QOL, VAS. Top |