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Ofis Çalışanlarında Omurga Ağrısı Üzerine Cinsiyetin Etkisi

The effect of gender on spine pain in office workers

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  • Cerrahpaşa Tıp Dergisi

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  • 2009

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Objectives: This study was designed for determining that cervical, back and lumbar pain existence, degree of the pain and whether this pain interrupts their working performance at the last 1 week period and there is a difference between male and female population. Methods: The pain questionnairy form which is contain cervical, back and lumbar regions has been applied to the subjects by physiotherapist. Precence of pain, tingle, discomfort at cervical, back and lombar regions, pain intensity (mild-moderate-severe), the level of pain that interferes working exemined by the questionnaire. Results: Most painful region was neck (85.6%) for women and lumbar region (47.5%) for men. Women had felt the pain so much severe in the back(15.5%) and men had felt in the lumbar region (7.5%). When the pain interferes with business women felt the pain in neck region (36.1%) and men felt in lumbar region (28.7%). Women felt pain more frequently than man (p=0.001). Conclusion: As a result, pain was more frequent in the lumbar region for men and neck region for women. Most painful region was lumbar in men and back in women. The pain that interferens with business for men was at lumbar region and neck region for women. For women pain feeling and the degree of pain at entire vertebral colon is statistically higher so that may be explained by high pain perception in women. The pain that interfere with working for women is more frequent in neck and back region.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Amaç: Bu çalışma ofiste çalışan kadın ve erkeklerde son 1 haftalık süreç içinde boyun, sırt ve bel bölgesinde ağrının varlığı, şiddeti ve mesleki yaşamlarına engel olup olmadığı yönünden hangi cinsin daha baskın olduğunu saptamak amacıyla planlandı. Yöntem: Boyun, sırt ve bel bölgesini içeren ağrı sorgulama anketi fizyoterapist gözetiminde hastalara doldurtuldu. Ankette boyun, bel ve sırt bölgelerinde hissedilen ağrı, sızı, rahatsızlık hissinin varlığı, şiddeti (hafif-orta-şiddetli), iş yapmaya ne düzeyde engel olup olmadığı sorgulandı. Bulgular: Omurgada kadınlarda boyun (%85.6), erkeklerde bel (%47.5) bölgesinde en fazla ağrı vardı. Kadınlar sırt bölgelerinde (%15.5), erkekler ise bel bölgelerinde (%7.5) ağrıyı çok şiddetli hissetmişlerdi. Ağrının iş yapmaya engel olduğu durum kadınlarda en fazla boyun bölgesi ağrılarında (%36.1), erkeklerde ise bel bölgesi ağrılarında (%28.7) ortaya çıkmıştı. Kadınlar, omurgadaki ağrıyı erkeklere göre daha şiddetli hissetmekteydiler (p=0.0001). Sonuç: Sonuç olarak erkeklerde omurga ağrısının en yoğun görüldüğü bölge bel, kadınlarda ise boyun idi. Ağrının en şiddetli olduğu bölge erkeklerde bel, kadınlarda ise sırt idi. işten ayrı kalma erkeklerde bel, kadınlarda ise boyun şikayetlerinden dolayı daha fazla idi. Kadınlarda ağrının hissedilmesi ve şiddetinin tüm omurgada anlamlı olarak fazla olması, kadınların ağrıyı daha fazla algılamalarının sonucu olarak açıklanabilir. iş yapmaya engel olma açısından ise kadınların boyun ve sırt bölgesindeki ağrılardan erkeklere oranla daha fazla etkilendikleri sonucuna varıldı.
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