Características epidemiológicas del dolor lumbar en pacientes de 17 a 75 años atendidos en el Hospital Naval de Guayaquil en el año 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: Lower back pain represents one of the main reasons for consultation in the primary level of care. This pathology has different anatomical origins. The pain can be lumbar and sacral axial when it is localized, unlike radicular pain that has the characteristic of radiating through the lower extremities and referred pain whose diffuse characteristics, manifests in an area far from the injury. Objective: To identify the epidemiological characteristics of lower back pain in patients aged 17 to 75 years treated at the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil during 2020. Results: This study describes a frequency of 220 adult patients treated for lower back pain at the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil in 2020. The distribution of biological sex that occurred was 60.5% of male patients and 39.5% of female patients. The average age found was 47 years with a standard deviation of 13.85 years. The BMI presented a mean of 28.51 kg / m2. The type of occupation most frequently found was operational in 50.9%. Conclusion: The male sex was the most affected, with an average age of 47 years and a large percentage of the population was overweight, as well as an operative type occupation in half of the cases. The causes of pain were degenerative, due to overuse and sciatica in the majority.