Daniel López López1, Marta Rivas López2, María de Los Ángeles Bouza Prego3, Leida María Mónaco4, Marta Elena Losa Iglesias5, Jesús Luis Saleta Canosa6, Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo7. 1. Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: daniellopez@udc.es. 2. Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: marta.rivas@udc.es. 3. Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: prego@udc.es. 4. Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: leidamaria.monaco@udc.es. 5. Facultad Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain. Electronic address: marta.losa@urjc.es. 6. Unidade de Investigación Saúde e Podoloxía, Departamento de Ciencias da Saúde, Facultad de Enfermaría e Podoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: jesus.luis.saleta.canosa@udc.es. 7. Fisioterapia y Podología, Facultad de Medicina, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: ribebeva@ucm.es.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: People working at sea show a marked presence of musculoskeletal pain as well as an important coexistence of pain in diverse anatomical regions, which is believed to have a harmful effect on the quality of life related to foot health. The aim is to describe and compare the impact in a sample of sea workers and people who work on the ground in the light of the scores obtained with regard foot health and health in general. METHODS: A sample of 94 participants of a mean age of 41.29 ± 10.603 came to a health centre where self-reported data were registered, informants' professional activity was determined and the scores obtained were compared in the Foot Health Status Questionnaire. RESULTS: The sea workers group showed a worse quality of life related to health in general and to foot health specifically. Differences between the two groups were evaluated by means of a t-test for independent samples, showing statistical significance (P < 0.05) for the dimensions of pain and general health related to the foot. CONCLUSIONS: People working at sea present a negative impact on the quality of life related to foot health, which appears to be associated with the presence of deformities, sprains, plantar warts and fungus.
BACKGROUND:People working at sea show a marked presence of musculoskeletal pain as well as an important coexistence of pain in diverse anatomical regions, which is believed to have a harmful effect on the quality of life related to foot health. The aim is to describe and compare the impact in a sample of sea workers and people who work on the ground in the light of the scores obtained with regard foot health and health in general. METHODS: A sample of 94 participants of a mean age of 41.29 ± 10.603 came to a health centre where self-reported data were registered, informants' professional activity was determined and the scores obtained were compared in the Foot Health Status Questionnaire. RESULTS: The sea workers group showed a worse quality of life related to health in general and to foot health specifically. Differences between the two groups were evaluated by means of a t-test for independent samples, showing statistical significance (P < 0.05) for the dimensions of pain and general health related to the foot. CONCLUSIONS:People working at sea present a negative impact on the quality of life related to foot health, which appears to be associated with the presence of deformities, sprains, plantar warts and fungus.
Authors: Daniel López-López; Inés Rodríguez-Vila; Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias; David Rodríguez-Sanz; César Calvo-Lobo; Carlos Romero-Morales; Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2017-03 Impact factor: 1.889
Authors: Daniel López-López; María Martínez-Vázquez; Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias; César Calvo-Lobo; David Rodríguez-Sanz; Patricia Palomo-López; Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo Journal: Patient Prefer Adherence Date: 2018-02-12 Impact factor: 2.711
Authors: Emmanuel Navarro-Flores; Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias; Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo; Daniel López-López; David Rodríguez-Sanz; Patricia Palomo-López; César Calvo-Lobo Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2018-10-10 Impact factor: 3.390