Back Pain Prevalence in Wheelchair Users and Associated Risk Factors

Kovacs Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00477568

FK-R-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of back pain in permanent wheelchair users (excludes transitory users) in different regions of Spain. Another study objective is the identification of risk factors for back pain in this population. Data collection will be by means of a structured questionnaire which will be validated in a previous pilot study.

Enrollment: 750 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults with established disability;
• Permanent wheelchair users;
• Having physical and intellectual ability to answer questionnaire.

Exclusion criteria

• Transitory wheelchair users;
• Diagnosis of inflammatory rheumatic disease, cancer, systemic infection;
• Red flags for systemic disease.