Shuhei Hishii1, Nobuyuki Miyatake2, Hiroyuki Nishi3, Akihiko Katayama4, Kazuhiro Uzike3, Hiroo Hashimoto3, Kiichi Koumoto3. 1. Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, 761-0793, Japan. s16d726@stu.kagawa-u.ac.jp. 2. Department of Hygiene, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, 761-0793, Japan. 3. Innoshima General Hospital, Onomichi, 722-2323, Japan. 4. The Faculty of Social Studies, Shikokugakuin University, Zentsuuji, 765-8505, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare psychological distress between patients on chronic hemodialysis with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 72 patients on chronic hemodialysis, aged 72.9 ± 10.8 years, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Psychological distress using the K6, questionnaire for CLBP, and physical activity using the tri-accelerometer were evaluated. RESULTS: Twenty-nine patients (40.3 %) were having CLBP. The K6 scores were 4.0 ± 4.6 and physical activity (n = 55) was 1.0 ± 1.0 METs h/day. K6 scores in patients on chronic hemodialysis with CLBP were significantly higher than those in patients on chronic hemodialysis without CLBP even after adjusting for sex, age, duration of hemodialysis and physical activity. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that higher psychological distress was a fundamental feature in patients on chronic hemodialysis with CLBP.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare psychological distress between patients on chronic hemodialysis with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 72 patients on chronic hemodialysis, aged 72.9 ± 10.8 years, were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Psychological distress using the K6, questionnaire for CLBP, and physical activity using the tri-accelerometer were evaluated. RESULTS: Twenty-nine patients (40.3 %) were having CLBP. The K6 scores were 4.0 ± 4.6 and physical activity (n = 55) was 1.0 ± 1.0 METs h/day. K6 scores in patients on chronic hemodialysis with CLBP were significantly higher than those in patients on chronic hemodialysis without CLBP even after adjusting for sex, age, duration of hemodialysis and physical activity. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that higher psychological distress was a fundamental feature in patients on chronic hemodialysis with CLBP.
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Hemodialysis; K6; Low back pain; Physical activity; Psychological distress
Authors: Daniëlle A W M van der Windt; Ton Kuijpers; Petra Jellema; Geert J M G van der Heijden; Lex M Bouter Journal: Ann Rheum Dis Date: 2006-08-17 Impact factor: 19.103