Health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain in a low resource setting: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Uganda

R Amesiya, M Nyati, G Waiswa, ES Mwaka - African Health Sciences, 2023 - ajol.info
Background: Low back pain is the leading global cause of years lost to disability. The study
aimed to assess the health-related quality of life in patients with low back pain attending an …

[PDF][PDF] Correlates and predictors of low Back pain disability and its impact on health-related quality of life in a family practice Clinic in Calabar, south-South Nigeria

IB Okokon, EE John, NE Udonwa, AO Oku… - Fam Med Med Sci …, 2016 - academia.edu
Background: Non-specific low back pain is a common health problem incurring immense
health and social costs with concomitant disability, which has assumed significant public …

Quality of Life in patients with chronic low back pain as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital

PG Mwawingwa - 2017 - erepository.uonbi.ac.ke
1.1 Background: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a very prevalent illness in both developing
and developed nations. It is a difficult problem to manage, associated with psychological …

Health-related quality of life and its determinants in patients with chronic low back pain at a tertiary hospital in Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

JA Aminde, LN Aminde, MD Bija, FK Lekpa… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and its determinants in chronic
low back pain (CLBP) patients in Cameroon. Design Observational cross-sectional study …

Disability associated with low back pain in Mulago Hospital, Kampala Uganda

M Galukande, S Muwazi, BD Mugisa - African health sciences, 2006 - ajol.info
Background: Low back pain is sufficiently disabling and a common cause of disability
particularly during the productive middle years of adult life. Disability implies interference …

The profile of people reporting with low back pain to a resource poor clinic in Cape Town

DL Yates, JM Jelsma, RE Parker - South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2010 - sajp.co.za
In order to provide targeted information regarding understanding and management of low
back pain (LBP), it is necessary to understand the life situation of patients. The objective of …

Biopsychosocial factors associated with chronic low back pain disability in rural Nigeria: a population-based cross-sectional study

CN Igwesi-Chidobe, B Coker, CN Onwasigwe… - BMJ global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Many people in Nigeria are living with disability due to chronic low back pain
(CLBP), with the greatest burden accounted for by people living in rural Nigeria. However …

Factors influencing disability in patients with chronic low back pain attending a tertiary hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

M Doualla, J Aminde, LN Aminde, FK Lekpa… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2019 - Springer
Background Very little is known about the burden of chronic low back pain in Africa. This
study aimed at assessing disability and associated factors in chronic low back patients in …

Exploring patients' lived experience on the barriers to accessing low back pain health services

M Kahere, K Hlongwana, T Ginindza - … of Primary Health Care & Family …, 2022 - scielo.org.za
Abstract KAHERE, Morris; HLONGWANA, Khumbulani and GININDZA, Themba. Exploring
patients' lived experience on the barriers to accessing low back pain health services. Afr. j …

Predictors of health-related quality of life in patients with non-specific low back pain

MO Ogunlana, NA Odunaiya, MD Dairo… - African Journal of …, 2012 - ajol.info
This study examined the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with non-specific
LBP and its predictors at a physiotherapy outpatient clinic in a tertiary health institution …