Prevalência de dor lombar e fatores associados nas gestantes da cidade de Santa Cruz/RN

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: identify the prevalence of low back pain and associated factors in pregnant women performing prenatal. METHODS: The sample consisted of 67 pregnant women in the second trimester, assisted by the Basic Health Units of Santa Cruz / RN, from August to September 2015. It was applied a questionnaire in which sociodemographic data were recorded, anthropometric variables , obstetrical information and reporting of pain assessed by visual analog scale. To assess the level of physical activity applied to the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Pregnant. For data analysis used the SPSS-PC 20.0 for descriptive statistics, aiming the characterization of the sample, through the measures of central tendency (mean and median), with their respective dispersion values (standard deviation and percentiles). The prevalence of low back pain was 46%, with an average depth of 3.10 + -2.65, as the location (67%) reported only pain in the lower back, 3; 2% in lumbar and LL and 29.0% on lower back and lower abdomen. Data showed that BMI (61.3%) were eutrophic, and were classified as level of physical activity among moderate (25.8%) and vigorous (64.5). CONCLUSION: There was a relatively high prevalence of low back pain, with low intensity and a greater incidence in the lower back in isolation. It was also noted that the presence of pain did not significantly affect the perception of satisfaction with their functional independence, health and pregnancy. Another relevant finding is that most pregnant women with complaints of pain were normal weight and vigorously active.