Lavsky-Shulan et al., (1985) (26) |
Both |
≥65 |
Two rural counties adjacent to the county in which the University of Iowa, USA. |
USA |
Itself questionnaire |
3097 |
671 |
21.7 |
1 year |
Not informed |
Women had the most difficulty doing household chores (42.3%), while men had the most difficulty bending over (28.3%) |
Weiner et al., (2003) (27) |
Both |
73.6 |
Caucasians recruited were from a random sample of Medicare beneficiaries in designated zip codes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee, and African Americans. |
USA |
Itself questionnaire EPESE performance battery + Health ABC functional capacity scale |
2776 |
987 |
36 |
1 year |
Back pain location was categorized as upper, middle, lower, or buttocks |
Functional difficulty was more common with greater severity of LBP among both genders |
Cecchi et al., (2006) (28) |
Both |
65 |
A representative cohort of persons aged 65 or more (65+) selected was from the registries of Greve in Chianti (rural area) and Bagno a Ripoli (urban area near Florence). |
Italy |
Itself questionnaire |
1008 |
318 |
31.5 |
1 year |
Presence of frequent back pain (quite often-almost every day). |
The 7.4% of the overall study population had LBP related functional limitation |
Dellaroza et al., (2008) (29) |
Both |
69.5 |
Population sample of community-dwelling elderly residents in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. |
Brazil |
Itself questionnaire Lawton Scale |
1271 |
95 |
25.4 |
≥6 months |
Lumbar region (below waist) |
Dependent in the basic activities of daily living with chronic pain (33.7%) and instrumental activities of daily living (62.4%) |
Hicks et al., (2008) (30) |
Both |
81.3 |
The Retirement Community Back Pain Study is a population-based survey study of adults ages 62 years or older. |
USA |
Itself questionnaire |
522 |
251 |
48.1 |
1 year |
Not informed |
Participants with LBP plus leg pain had greater disruption in physical capacity than those without LBP |
Kovacs et al., (2008) (31) |
Both |
65 |
All community dwelling residents in the island of Majorca who are retired from work or 65 years or older (even if they have never worked), are invited to attend such conferences at no cost. |
Spain |
Roland Morris Questionnaire and Visual Analogue Scale |
1044 |
792 |
34.1 |
3 months |
Pain between the costal margins and the inferior gluteal folds, usually accompanied by painful limitation of movement |
In subjects with LBP, fear avoidance beliefs correlated moderately with disability |
Dos Reis et al., (2008) (32) |
Both |
69.1 |
Elderly attended in the geriatrics sector of the Physical Therapy School Clinic from the Universidade Estadual of the Sudoeste of Bahia. |
Brazil |
Medical records |
131 |
44 |
33.6 |
3 months |
Symptom referred to at the level of the pelvic girdle, generating a clinical condition of pain |
Not informed |
Woo et al., (2009) (33) |
Both |
72.5±4.8 |
Elderly community of the Hong Kong. |
China |
Itself questionnaire} Physical Activity Scale of the Elderly Grip strength |
4000 |
1569 |
Total 39.2 M 39.2 F 50.3 |
1 year |
Not informed |
Back pain affecting activities of daily living predisposed to reduced grip strength and physical activity score |
Holton et al., (2011) (34) |
Male |
74±6 |
Elderly recruited at 6 US academic medical centers in Birmingham AL, Minneapolis MN, Palo Alto, CA, Pittsburgh PA, Portland OR, and San Diego, CA. |
USA |
The North American Spine Society questionnaires for back and neck pain Physical Activity Scale of the Elderly |
298 |
126 |
66 |
1 year |
North American Spine Society questionnaires for back and neck pain |
Men with and without diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis did not vary from one another with physical activity score |
Abegunde & Owaje, (2013) (35) |
Both |
≥60 |
Eldelry residents at Iseyin (urban) and Ilua (rural) of Oyo. |
Nigeria |
Itself questionnaire |
Rural 314 Urban 316 |
253 |
Rural 38.5 Urban 41.8 |
3 months |
Not informed |
Not informed |
Exarchou et al., (2013) (36) |
Male |
69-81 |
Elderly residents of Uppsala, Malmo, Gothneburg. |
Sweden |
Quebec Pain Disability Scale Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly questionnaire |
1005 |
445 |
44.3 |
1 year |
Not informed |
Were no statistically significant differences between those with and without radiographic sacroilitis reflected by measures on physical activity, functional status and LBP |
Figueiredo et al., (2013) (37) |
Both |
72 |
Healthy community-dwelling elderly in urban area |
Brazil |
McGill Questionnaire and Roland Morris Questionnaire |
54 |
34 |
61.8 |
1 year |
Pain, tension or stiffness located in the region between the last ribs and the gluteal line |
A high and positive correlation with the presence of LBP was indicated for functional disability |
Ghanei et al., (2014) (38) |
Male |
69-81 |
Men aged 69-81 years enrolled in Malmo, Gothenburg and Uppsala with the primary aim to evaluate risk factors for osteoporosis and fractures. |
Sweden |
Visual Analog Scales for LBP, Roland Morris Questionnaire |
489 |
236 |
45 |
1 year |
LBP was defined as pain in the lower back, SCI as pain emerging from the lower back with radiation to the lower extremity below the buttocks |
50% of the men with LBP + SCI + NEU reported impairment in activity of daily living due to the disorder |
Palma et al., (2014) (39) |
Both |
60-69 |
Elderly registered at the Family Health Strategy of Vila São Paulo, Bauru,SP, Brazil. |
Brazil |
Nordic and the Roland Morris questionnaires |
360 |
246 |
Total 68.3 M 25.1 F 35.1 |
1 year |
Pain or discomfort in the last twelve months, not related to trauma or other problem |
67.5% of the elderly demonstrated an inappropriate functional capacity |
Pereira et al., (2014) (40) |
Both |
60-80 |
Health Surveillance Network for Elderly People (REVISI), in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil |
Brazil |
Numerical Range Scale |
934 |
135 |
29.5 |
6 months |
Pain in lumbar region |
Not informed |
Santos et al., (2015) (41) |
Both |
86.3 |
Elderly participants “Long-lived Project” Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). |
Brazil |
Verbal Numeric Scale, Visual Numeric Scale Face Pain Scale |
330 |
61 |
32.7 |
6 months |
Not informed |
Not informed |
Scherer et al., (2016) (42) |
Both |
74 |
Elderly residents of the cities Bonn, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Jena, Leipzig, Mannheim and Munich. |
Germany |
Graded Chronic Pain Scale |
3189 |
1493 |
M 55.2 F 41.1 |
6 months |
Not informed |
Not informed |
Kherad et al., (2016) (43) |
Male |
69-81 |
Mister Osteoporosis (MrOS) Sweden is a multi-centre population-based study of 3,014 men aged 69-81 years, enrolled in the cities of Malmö, Gothenburg and Uppsala. |
Sweden |
Itself questionnaire |
3014 |
1361 |
49 |
1 year |
Pain in the lower back but not specified further |
Not informed |
Marshall et al., (2016) (44) |
Male |
≥65 |
U.S. men enrolled in MrOS, a nationwide prospective cohort study in U.S. academic medical centers in Birmingham AL, Minneapolis MN, Palo Alto CA, Pittsburgh PA, Portland OR, and San Diego CA. |
USA |
Itself questionnaire |
5568 |
3707 |
67 |
1 year |
Not informed |
Not informed |
Quintino et al., (2017) (45) |
Both |
≥60 |
Elderly people that live in the Family Health Strategy confined areas, in the neighborhood of Vila São Paulo, northern region of Bauru, São Paulo. |
Brazil |
Nordic questionnaire, adapted to the Brazilian culture |
363 |
200 |
55.8 |
1 year |
Pain or discomfort in the last twelve months, not related to trauma or any other problem in the lumbar region |
Not informed |
Machado et al., (2018) (46) |
Both |
≥65 |
Households located in 15 clusters (census regions) distributed across the city of Belo Horizonte. |
Brazil |
Itself questionnaire Handgrip test and a walking test |
378 |
35 |
9.3 |
1 year |
Pain or discomfort in the lower back lasting for at least 24 hours, and not related to feverish illness or spinal surgery |
Those reporting a recent history of disabling LBP were more likely to have low level of physical activity |
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|
|
|
|
Total
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29,831
|
12,806
|
|
|
|
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