Prevalence of spine pain among Tunisian children and adolescents and related factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of back and neck pain is common in children and adolescents, and in some series the numbers are alarming. Various risk factors have been identified, although some are controversial.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of neck and back pain in children and adolescents and to investigate the potential association with various risk factors identified in the literature.

Methods

We established a questionnaire targeting parents of children and adolescents aged between 6 and 18 years old in Tunisia. The recruitment of participants was done online using the Google Forms application. The questionnaire was divided into 2 parts: Part one collected the sociodemographics characteristics of the participants : age, gender, body mass index (BMI), exposure

SUBMITTER: Fazaa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11386316 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature