Dor crônica em idosos residentes em São Paulo, Brasil: prevalência, características e associação com capacidade funcional e mobilidade (Estudo SABE)

Abstract

Abstract

Prevalência da dor lombar no Brasil: uma revisão sistemática

“…After the screening process (titles, abstracts, and full text reading), 18 studies 34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51 (with a population of 19,387 individuals and samples varying from 56 to 3,269 participants 34,39 ) met the inclusion criteria. Figure 1 shows flow diagram of this review.…”

“…Most of the studies included males and females, ranging from children 39 to the elderly 50 , with populations residing in urban and rural areas 44 , but none showed separate prevalence values according to gender. Three studies 34,36,44 reported on the prevalence of low back pain exclusively in women, two of which presenting the rates observed in female urban workers 34,36 and one in female farm laborers 44 , but the different prevalence periods prevented any comparison.…”

“…The principal research design was crosssectional. Data collection used original questionnaires in 50% of the studies 34,37,40,41,42,44,46,49,50 , while the Nordic questionnaire 52 was used in the remaining studies 35,36,38,39,43,45,47,48,51 . In most of the studies, prevalence of low back pain was verified in specific groups of workers or in students.…”

Fatores preditores de dor em idosos do Município de São Paulo, Brasil: Estudo SABE 2006 e 2010

“…A prevalência de dor entre idosos com 60 anos ou mais residentes na comunidade, com duração há mais de três meses, pode variar entre 25 e 76% 2 . No Brasil, esse percentual está entre 29,7 e 41,4% 3,4 .…”

“…No Brasil, ainda são escassas as pesquisas sobre fatores preditores de dor em idosos, sobretudo estudos epidemiológicos realizados com amostras representativas da população, capazes de comparações com estudos internacionais 3,4,13 .…”