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Article

Persistence of Low Back Pain and Predictive Ability of Pain Intensity and Disability in Daily Life among Nursery School Workers in Japan: A Five-Year Panel Study

by
Megumi Aoshima
1,
Xuliang Shi
1,
Tadayuki Iida
2,
Shuichi Hiruta
3,
Yuichiro Ono
1 and
Atsuhiko Ota
1,*
1
Department of Public Health, Fujita University School of Medicine, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan
2
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Mihara 723-0053, Japan
3
Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness, and Sports, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2024, 12(2), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020128
Submission received: 20 November 2023 / Revised: 27 December 2023 / Accepted: 4 January 2024 / Published: 5 January 2024
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Work-Related Safety and Health: Safeguard the Safety, Health, and Well-Being of the Workforce)
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Nursery school workers are known for having a high prevalence of low back pain (LBP). The natural history of LBP and the determinants of persistent LBP remain unclear. We examined the prevalence of persistent LBP and whether pain intensity and disability in daily life due to LBP affected the persistence of LBP among these workers. A five-year panel study was conducted for 446 nursery school workers in Japan. LBP, pain intensity, and disability in daily life due to LBP were assessed with a self-administered questionnaire survey. Pain intensity was assessed using the numerical rating scale (NRS). The Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ) was used to assess disability in daily life due to LBP. At baseline, 270 nursery school workers (60.5%) suffered from LBP. The estimated prevalence of persistent LBP was 84.6% (80.3–88.9%), 82.2% (77.7–86.8%), and 82.0% (77.4–86.5%) at 1, 3, and 5 years after the initial study, respectively. NRS scores of 5 or greater predicted the persistence of LBP at 1 and 3 years after the initial survey (adjusted odds ratios: 4.01 (1.27–12.6) and 8.51 (1.87–38.7), respectively), while RDQ scores did not. In conclusion, LBP highly persisted for a long time and pain intensity predicted persistent LBP among nursery school workers in Japan.
Keywords: disability in daily life; Japan; low back pain; nursery school workers; pain intensity; prevalence; panel study disability in daily life; Japan; low back pain; nursery school workers; pain intensity; prevalence; panel study

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Aoshima, M.; Shi, X.; Iida, T.; Hiruta, S.; Ono, Y.; Ota, A. Persistence of Low Back Pain and Predictive Ability of Pain Intensity and Disability in Daily Life among Nursery School Workers in Japan: A Five-Year Panel Study. Healthcare 2024, 12, 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020128

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Aoshima M, Shi X, Iida T, Hiruta S, Ono Y, Ota A. Persistence of Low Back Pain and Predictive Ability of Pain Intensity and Disability in Daily Life among Nursery School Workers in Japan: A Five-Year Panel Study. Healthcare. 2024; 12(2):128. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020128

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Aoshima, Megumi, Xuliang Shi, Tadayuki Iida, Shuichi Hiruta, Yuichiro Ono, and Atsuhiko Ota. 2024. "Persistence of Low Back Pain and Predictive Ability of Pain Intensity and Disability in Daily Life among Nursery School Workers in Japan: A Five-Year Panel Study" Healthcare 12, no. 2: 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020128

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Aoshima, M., Shi, X., Iida, T., Hiruta, S., Ono, Y., & Ota, A. (2024). Persistence of Low Back Pain and Predictive Ability of Pain Intensity and Disability in Daily Life among Nursery School Workers in Japan: A Five-Year Panel Study. Healthcare, 12(2), 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12020128

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