Prevalencia de los trastornos de columna dorsolumbar en pacientes navales y civiles de 18 a 70 años en el período 2016-2019 del Hospital Naval de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Background: Spinal disorders are a group of pathologies that mostly due to the characteristic pain cause functional limitation, which in turn generates high absenteeism, especially since it has a high prevalence in populations in the working life stage. Aim: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of thoracolumbar spine disorders in adults aged 18 to 70 years. Methods: This study was observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective indirect collection carried out of patients treated at the outpatient clinic of the Hospital Naval de Guayaquil in the period 2016-2019. Electronic medical records were reviewed to build a comprehensive database. The universe was made up of 315 clinical histories and 243 clinical histories were taken as a sample, which fulfill inclusion criteria. Frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, median, mode, minimum and maximum were used for the descriptive statistical analysis. Results: The predominant sex was male (58.4%), the average age that was affected was 47.3 years, no associated risk factors were found. Conclusion: The most prevalent lumbar dorsal spine disorder that was confirmed by reports of radiographs, computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging by the imaging area was scoliosis, followed by lumbago with sciatica, radiculopathy, and lumbar degenerative disc disease.