Burden of Chronic Low Back Pain in the Turkish Population

Icagasioglu, Afitap; Yumusakhuylu, Yasemin; Ketenci, Aysegul; Toraman, Naciye; Kaymak Karatas, Gulcin; Kuru, Omer; KİRAZLI, YEŞİM; ÇAPACI, KAZIM; Eriman, Esma; Haliloglu, Sema

doi:10.5152/tftrd.2015.23921

Burden of Chronic Low Back Pain in the Turkish Population

Icagasioglu A., Yumusakhuylu Y., Ketenci A., Toraman N. F., Kaymak Karatas G., Kuru O., ...Daha Fazla

TURKIYE FIZIKSEL TIP VE REHABILITASYON DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, cilt.61, sa.1, ss.58-64, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tftrd.2015.23921
Dergi Adı: TURKIYE FIZIKSEL TIP VE REHABILITASYON DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.58-64
Anahtar Kelimeler: Low back pain, burden, economic cost, MORRIS-DISABILITY-QUESTIONNAIRE, ECONOMIC BURDEN, COSTS, ILLNESS, SWEDEN, GUIDE, CARE, UK
Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a great economic burden to the society mainly in terms of the large number of the lost work days and disability, and it appears to be growing. The economic burden of LBP in Turkey is not known. This study aims to analyze the health care resource use, work and productivity loss, and health-related economics of CLBP in Turkey.