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- Title
Aile Hekimliği Polikliniğine Mekanik Bel Ağrısı Nedeni ile Başvuran Hastaların Tercih Ettikleri Tedavi Yöntemlerinin Değerlendirilmesi.
- Authors
Balcıoğlu, Hüseyin; Ünlüoğlu, İlhami; Bilgin, Muzaffer
- Abstract
Objectives: The p urpose o f t his s tudy i s t o evaluate the medical and complementary treatment methods of patients with mechanical complaints of low back pain who were admitted to the family medicine polyclinic. Materials and Methods: Between July and December 2016, patients who were referred to the family medicine polyclinic with a complaint of mechanical back pain were included in the study. Patients were asked to complete the questionnaire evaluating the causes and beginning of the pain, medications used, names of medications thought to be useful and preferred non-medical methods. The pain was evaluated at the admittance by VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) and the score was recorded for each patient. Results: 152 patients were included in the study (38.20% female and 61.80% male). The main cause of lumbar pain was standing or lying in the same position for a long time (30.30%). When the onset of low back pain was examined, the main answer was ‘between 1 to 7 days' (67.80%). 60.50% of our patients stated that they have used drugs before the admission to the hospital. Before admitting to the hospital, 38.20% of the patients have not used any non-medical methods. When we scored the low back pain according to VAS, we have seen that most of the patients have taken 6 points. Before admitting to the hospital, paracetamol (17.50%) was the most commonly used oral medication, while etofenamate (16.70%) was the most preferred topical medication. Conclusion: Informing the patients about low back pain will prevent negative outcomes. Medications, should be used by the doctors' advice and non-medical interventions should be avoided.
- Publication
Ankara Medical Journal, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2, p119
- ISSN
2148-4570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17098/amj.302448