Impact on quality of life and physical ability of pregnancy-related back pain in the third trimester of pregnancy

• Published in: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 61; no. 11; pp. 1122 - 1124
• Main Authors: COBAN, Ayden, ARSLAN, Giilsah Gürol, COLAKFAKIOGLU, Arzu, SIRLAN, Aygül
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karachi Pakistan Medical Association 01-11-2011; Knowledge Bylanes
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult; Back Pain - physiopathology; Back Pain - psychology; Backache; Biological and medical sciences; Care and treatment; Case-Control Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis; Disability Evaluation; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Diseases of the spine; Female; General aspects; Health aspects; Humans; Management; Medical sciences; Motor Activity; Pain Measurement; Physical fitness; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - physiopathology; Pregnancy Complications - psychology; Pregnancy Trimester, Third; Pregnant women; Quality of Life; Sickness Impact Profile; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Pakistan; Pregnancy; Pain; Lumbar spine; Dorsalgia; Low back pain; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Rachialgia; Dorsal spine; Tropical medicine; Third trimester; Spine disease; Quality of life
• ISSN: 0030-9982

The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of pregnancy-related back pain on quality of life and physical ability in the third trimester of pregnancy. One hundred women in the 28th-40th week of pregnancy were asked to fill out questionnaires including: general questions about background factors, the Katz's Activity's Daily Living Index (ADL), and Short Form of WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Back pain intensity was assessed by visual analog scale (VAS), and functional limitation was measured by Oswestry Low Back Disability Questionnaire (OSW). It was found that, in the third trimester, pregnant women with back pain (PBP) with low pain intensity and moderate functional limitation did not have an impact on quality of life but decreased physical ability when compared to pregnant women with no back pain (NBP). As the back pain intensity of pregnant women increases, physical ability decreases.