scholarly journals Pregnancy-Related Low Back Pain and The Quality of Life among Pregnant Women : A Narrative Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-116
Author(s):  
Tiara Fatmarizka ◽  
Raudhatus Shofy Ramadanty ◽  
Dini Afriani Khasanah

Introduction: Around 50-70% of pregnant women have reported pregnancy-related back pain during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Physical and physiological aspects during pregnancy might affect the quality of life (QoL) of pregnant women, and the problems due to the alteration can be seen in how they run their daily activities. The effect of LBP in pregnancy on the QoL among pregnant women must be known to avoid the pain that affects pregnant women’s activities and well-being. The aim of this study is to review the relationship between low back pain and the QoL during pregnancy.Methods: Using the search terms via PubMed and Google Scholar, seven cross-sectional studies have met the inclusion criteria and included for further analysis. The appraisal tool for Cross-Sectional Studies (AXIS) is used to assess the quality of the included studies including the risk of bias.Results: The findings show that LBP in pregnancy affects the level of quality of life such as sleep quality and sexual activity, limits the activities and productivities, and even make physical disability among pregnant women. The 75-90% was of the range score obtained from the AXIS critical appraisal.Conclusions: This review mentioned those pregnant women with PRBP had decreased QoL during and after childbirth, so the awareness of health professionals needs to be improved. 

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Himanshu Vyas ◽  

Background: Pregnancy is a special condition which is neither a disease nor a normal body status. The anatomical, physiological, and biochemical adjustments are significant during pregnancy, starting soon after fertilization and continuing throughout pregnancy. Reasons for pain during pregnancy include hormonal changes, increased weight, postural variations and impaired strength and co-ordination of abdominal and pelvic muscles. Musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy can have a significant negative impact on day to day functioning. Objectives: To determine the level of musculoskeletal discomforts in pregnancy, to explore the relationship between the musculoskeletal discomfort and quality of life in pregnancy and to associate the selected demographic variables with musculoskeletal discomfort in pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional research design was used. 323 antenatal mothers, gestational age more than 20 weeks, attending antenatal OPD of a tertiary care hospital of western Rajasthan were selected with the convenient sampling technique. Pregnancy musculoskeletal discomforts were assessed by Pregnancy Induced Musculoskeletal Dysfunctional Scale (PMDS) and quality of life (QOL) was assessed by the WHOQOL-BREF scoring questionnaires. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyse the data. Results: Pregnant women reported most frequently the low back pain (60%) and leg cramps (42%) and majority of them experienced mild form of pain. Result also showed the number of symptoms increased with progressing trimester. In case of quality of life, less than 50% of pregnant women reported with average and poor quality of life. The quality of life was found to be negatively correlated with various level of intensity of musculoskeletal pain. Conclusion: Among various musculoskeletal dysfunctions, low back pain and leg cramp are the most common symptoms of all and it affects the quality of life in pregnancy in different dimensions of health. Considering this aspect would help health care professionals to offer appropriate care and education in view of prevention of musculoskeletal dysfunctions and promote health of mother during pregnancy.


Author(s):  
Yen-Mou Lu ◽  
Chung-Hwan Chen ◽  
Yi-Jing Lue

BACKGROUND: Sex and gender affect responses to pain, but little is known about disability and quality of life. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of sex and gender on disability and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with low back pain. METHODS: Ninety-three patients with low back pain were included in this cross-sectional survey study. Disability, HRQOL and gender identity were respectively assessed with the Oswestry Disability Index, Short Form-36 and Bem Sex Role Inventory. The participants were classified into four gender role orientations (masculinity, femininity, androgyny and undifferentiated). One-way analysis of variance was used to analyze both the sex and the gender role orientation. RESULTS: Females had higher disability than males (p< 0.05), but in gender identity, no significant difference was found. Seven domains of HRQOL were lower than the healthy norms. Males experienced greater impacts than females on vitality and mental health (p< 0.05). For gender identity, five domains of HRQOL had significant differences (p< 0.05). Masculinity orientation had the least impact on four domains (p< 0.05), while undifferentiated orientation had the largest impact on all domains. CONCLUSION: Sex and gender effects can be used to analyze disability and HRQOL in patients with low back pain. Females have higher disability, while HRQOL is greatly influenced by different gender role orientations.


2020 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 105787
Author(s):  
André Luis Silveira Barezani ◽  
Aline Michele Batista de Figueiredo Feital ◽  
Bernardo Machado Gonçalves ◽  
Paulo Pereira Christo ◽  
Paula Luciana Scalzo

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josielli Comachio ◽  
Mauricio Oliveira Magalhães ◽  
Ana Paula de Moura Campos Carvalho e Silva ◽  
Amélia Pasqual Marques

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 2750-2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Hiyama ◽  
Masahiko Watanabe ◽  
Hiroyuki Katoh ◽  
Masato Sato ◽  
Daisuke Sakai ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 579-586
Author(s):  
Münevver Aybüke Berber ◽  
İlkay Güngör Satılmış

Author(s):  
Vikram Khanna ◽  
Ranjana Khanna ◽  
Parul Gupta

AbstractLow back pain in pregnancy is a common complaint. Psychologically, it has a negative effect on the patient, adversely affecting the quality of life.Presenting either as pelvic girdle or as lumbar pain, accurate and early diagnosis is essential for adequate management of patients with low back pain in pregnancy. The mainstay of management is conservative. There is no established protocol and the treatment has to be tailored for each patient.


Author(s):  
A.A.O. Leopoldino ◽  
R.Z. Megale ◽  
J.B.M. Diz ◽  
B.S. Moreira ◽  
D.C. Felício ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from a prospective cohort study to investigate whether frailty is associated with pain intensity, disability caused by low back pain (LBP), and quality of life in an older population with acute non-specific LBP. Six hundred and two individuals with a mean age of 67.6 (standard deviation [SD] 7.0) years were included in the analysis. In relation to frailty status, 21.3 per cent of the sample were classified as robust, 59.2 per cent were classified as pre-frail, and 19.5 per cent were classified as frail. In the unadjusted analysis, pre-frail and frail groups showed significantly higher pain and disability scores than the robust group. Moreover, the same two groups exhibited lower scores in both physical and mental domains of quality of life than the robust group. After adjusting for socio-demographic and clinical variables, disability scores and the physical component of quality of life were significantly associated with frailty. In older adults with acute LBP, frailty is associated with more disability and worse scores in the physical component of quality of life.


Author(s):  
Flávia Borges Domingues Roma ◽  
Denise Campos-Pozzi

A gestação compreende um período de várias mudanças anatômicas e fisiológicas no corpo da gestante. Um problema de grande relevância nessa fase é a lombalgia gestacional, que acarreta dor na região lombar e compromete a qualidade de vida da mulher grávida. O objetivo do trabalho foi verificar, através de revisão de literatura, os efeitos da hidroterapia, reeducação postural global (RPG) e Pilates no tratamento da dor lombar durante a gestação. Foram incluídos estudos clínicos de gestantes que estavam no segundo ou terceiro trimestre de gestação, cuja dor lombar surgiu na gestação e não havia associação com dor pélvica, publicados nas bases de dados SciELO, LILACS e Google Acadêmico, disponíveis na íntegra e online, entre os anos de 2010 a 2020. Foram excluídos artigos de revisão de literatura, monografias, que falavam sobre lombalgia decorrente de outras causas e que utilizavam esses tratamentos em homens ou mulheres não gestantes. Foram selecionados 6 artigos, 3 de hidroterapia, 2 de RPG e 1 de Pilates. Verificou-se que os três métodos causaram redução na intensidade da dor lombar gestacional. Além disso, a hidroterapia diminuiu a tensão nos músculos dorsais, aumentou a flexibilidade dos músculos estabilizadores da coluna e melhorou a qualidade de vida das gestantes; e a RPG ocasionou diminuição da limitação funcional e melhora da qualidade de vida. Concluiu-se, a partir desta revisão de literatura, que a hidroterapia, RPG e Pilates proporcionaram melhora significativa da dor lombar durante a gestação, havendo diminuição na intensidade da dor.   Palavras-chave: Gravidez. Dor Lombar. Exercícios Terapêutico. Exercícios de AlongamentoMuscular. Exercícios Aquáticos.   Abstract                               Pregnancy represents a period of several anatomical and physiological changes in the pregnant woman’s body. A problem of great relevance in this phase is gestational low back pain, which causes pain in the lower back and compromises the quality of life of pregnant women. The objective of the study was to verify, through literature review, the effects of hydrotherapy, global posture reeducation (GPR) and Pilates in the treatment of low back pain during pregnancy. Clinical studies of pregnant women who were in the second or third trimester of pregnancy, whose low back pain appeared during pregnancy and there was no association with pelvic pain, published in the SciELO, LILACS and Google Scholar databases, available in full and online, between 2010 to 2020 were included. The literature review articles and monographs, that were about low back pain due to other reasons and that used these treatments in men or non-pregnant women were excluded. Six articles were selected, three of hydrotherapy, two of GPR and one of Pilates. It was found that the three methods caused reduction in the intensity of gestational lumbar pain. In addition, hydrotherapy decreased the tension in dorsal muscles, increased the flexibility of spine stabilizing muscles and improved the quality of life of pregnant women; and GPR caused decrease in functional limitation and improved quality of life. It was concluded, from this literature review, that hydrotherapy, GPR and Pilates provided significant improvement in low back pain during pregnancy, with a decrease in pain intensity.   Keywords: Pregnancy. Low Back Pain. Therapeutic Exercises. Muscle Stretching Exercises. Aquatic Exercises.


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