Nicotine dependence and the International Association for the Study of Pain neuropathic pain grade in patients with chronic low back pain and radicular pain: is there an association?

Schembri, Emanuel; Massalha, Victoria; Spiteri, Karl; Camilleri, Liberato; Lungaro-Mifsud, Stephen

doi:10.3344/kjp.2020.33.4.359

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“…It creates resistance in the overall process of blood circulation. Gradually, the cells start dying which consequently impacts the vertebral discs (Schembri et al, 2020). This is considered the main determinant of the degenerative disc disease and mostly it has been seen that it can lead to LBP.…”

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The prevalence and risk factors of lower back pain among the general population in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia

Aidarous¹,

Alzahrani²,

Alghamdi³

et al. 2022

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Background: LBP is defined as back pain below the costal margin. It is one of the most seen complaints leading people to seek medical attention and it is even a leading cause for requiring surgical intervention. Our main target in this study is to measure the overall prevalence of LBP and discover its possible pre disposing factors and identify its burden on the general population of Al-Baha region, KSA. Method: A cross-sectional method by a self-administered questionnaire was conducted among the general residents of Al-Baha. Participants were informed beforehand of the study objectives, details and confidentiality policy. Multiple independent variables have been considered, such as socioeconomic status, health status and occupational factors. Results: The research participants were (409), 60.9% females and 39.1% males. 68.8% (282) of participants were positive for having LBP issues and the remaining 31.1% (127) were not. 67% of females and 33% of males have LBP problems, indicating a high variation between the two genders. From a social perspective, the study revealed that 71.63% of participants with LBP problems are married, while 25.18% are single. 72.86% of all participants have a family member with LBP. It is noted that 28% of participants think that LBP affects their working and personal life. Conclusion: Research outcomes demonstrated that LBP is a significant health issue among Al-Baha population and that has been attributed to multiple predisposing factors, which are: Regular physical activity, sitting position, work nature and previous arthritis diagnosis. Lastly, LBP was a significant burden on peoples' personal, social and occupational life.

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The prevalence and risk factors of lower back pain among the general population in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia

Aidarous¹,

Alzahrani²,

Alghamdi³

et al. 2022

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“…In the present investigation, BMI did not significantly associate with LBP. Social factors and lifestyle have also been cited in relation to LBP, with reports implicating smoking with LBP [ 26 , 27 ]. In contrast, smoking and alcohol were not significantly linked to LBP in a cross-sectional prospective study of young twins [ 28 ], with conflicting associations for smoking [ 29 , 30 ].…”

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Prevalence and Related Factors of Low Back Pain in the General Elderly Population: A Japanese Cross-Sectional Study Randomly Sampled from a Basic Resident Registry

Uehara

Ikegami

Horiuchi

et al. 2021

JCM

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Low back pain (LBP) is one of the main etiologies of disability in daily life. In the face of LBP increases in super-aged societies, there are serious concerns of escalating medical costs and deteriorations in the social economy. It is therefore important to identify the factors associated with LBP for prompt preventative and therapeutic measures. This study investigated the prevalence of LBP and the impact of subject-specific factors on LBP development in Japanese community-dwelling older adults. We established eight groups based on age (50’s, 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s) and gender after random sampling from a resident registry. A total of 411 participants (201 male and 210 female) were enrolled for a whole-spine lateral radiographic examination and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. All subjects were evaluated for the presence and degree of LBP. We analyzed the impact of clinical factors on LBP using multivariate analysis. Fifty-three (12.9%) participants (23 (11.4%) male and 30 (14.3%) female) were found to have LBP. The prevalence of LBP tended to increase with age, and similar results were found between genders. In univariate analysis, the subject-related factors of the sagittal vertebral axis, pelvic incidence minus lumbar lordosis (PI-LL) mismatch, and aging had significant associations with LBP. PI-LL mismatch was a significant independent factor in multivariate analysis. In conclusion, this study identified LBP prevalence and subject-specific factors on a general population basis. Multivariate analysis revealed PI-LL mismatch as an independent factor associated with LBP in the healthy community-dwelling elderly.

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“…The most prevalent NCIs in the participants with BD were neck disorder, hypertension, allergies, arthrosis, and urinary incontinence. After adjustment for all confounders, the relative difference between BD and non-BD population was largest in neck disorders (RR=7.60; 95% CI 5…”

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“…Many risk factors for chronic low back pain or other chronic back disorders (BDs) including nonspecific low-back pain are shared with various other musculoskeletal disorders and conditions, as well as with different other noncommunicable chronic illnesses (NCI). For example, older age, smoking, insufficient physical activity, use of alcohol, and obesity increase the risk of BD, and of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases ( 1 , 2 ); height loss with aging increases the risk of BD, and of gastroesophageal reflux disease ( 3 ); delivery rank in women, hypertension or lower education increase the risk of BD and of urinary incontinence ( 4 ); long-term smoking is a risk factor for BD and for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ( 2 , 5 ). Furthermore, various NCIs themselves increase the risk of BD, for example, asthma or COPD ( 6 ), depression ( 7 ), urinary dysfunction ( 8 ), different conditions associated with chronic systemic inflammation ( 9 ), although the association of proinflammatory biomarkers and BD is not consistent across the literature ( 10 ).…”

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Chronic Multimorbidity of Low Back Pain or other Chronic Back Disorders in the Republic of Croatia

Marunica Karšaj

2023

ACC

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The aim was to assess the prevalence of chronic multimorbidity in patients with chronic low back pain or other chronic back disorders (BD). We analyzed data from the population-based cross-sectional European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) performed in the Republic of Croatia 2014-2015 by the Croatian Institute of Public Health. Outcome was the point-prevalence of chronic multimorbidity defined as having ≥2 chronic illnesses out of 14 contained in the EHIS questionnaire, after adjustment for ten sociodemographic, anthropometric and lifestyle confounders. Amoung fourteen targeted illnesses were asthma, allergies, hypertension, urinary incontinence, kidney diseases, coronary heart disease or angina pectoris, neck disorder, arthrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, stroke, depression, and the common category "other". We analyzed data on 268 participants with BD and 511 without it. Participants with BD had a significantly higher relative risk of any chronic multimorbidity (RRadj=2.12; 95% CI 1.55, 2.99; p<0.001), as well as of non-musculoskeletal chronic multimorbidity (RRadj=2.29; 95% CI 1.70, 3.08; p=0.001) than participants without BD. All chronic comorbidities except for asthma and liver cirrhosis were significantly more prevalent in participants with BD than in participants without BD. In the population with BD, the participants with multimorbidity had three to four times higher odds for unfavorable self-reported health outcomes than the participants with no comorbid conditions, whereas the existence of only one comorbidity was not significantly associated with a worse outcome compared to the population with no comorbidities. In conclusion, the population suffering from BD has a higher prevalence of chronic multimorbidity than the population without BD and this multimorbidity is associated with unfavorable health outcomes.

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Nicotine dependence and the International Association for the Study of Pain neuropathic pain grade in patients with chronic low back pain and radicular pain: is there an association?

Cited by 6 publications

References 46 publications

The prevalence and risk factors of lower back pain among the general population in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia

The prevalence and risk factors of lower back pain among the general population in Al-Baha region, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence and Related Factors of Low Back Pain in the General Elderly Population: A Japanese Cross-Sectional Study Randomly Sampled from a Basic Resident Registry

Chronic Multimorbidity of Low Back Pain or other Chronic Back Disorders in the Republic of Croatia

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