Relation of backache and level of vitamin D in a sample of patients that attend Azadi Teaching Hospital in Kirkuk city
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10212229Keywords:
Body mass index, deficiency, vitamin DAbstract
Vitamin D insufficiency and low back pain are extensively reported in Kirkuk; thus, it would be relevant to evaluate the relationship between decreased vitamin D levels and its effect on increasing lower back pain. A cross-sectional descriptive hospital-based study was conducted at Azadi Hospital - Kirkuk/Iraq, for 9 months (from the 30 of March 2021 till the 30 of December 2021. Non-probability consecutive sampling comprised (100) individuals with low back pain (LBP). The questionnaire contained patient information like age group, patient gender, body weight (BMI), level of education, marital status, and employment. Patients are classified into two groups: (1st Group) those with Vitamin D levels less than 20 ng/ml and (2nd Group) those with vitamin D levels> 20 ng/ml. Inquire about included 100 members enduring back torment. Their cruel + standard deviation age was 45.01 + 14.76 a long time. Vitamin D inadequate was analyzed in 83% of cases, while vitamin D was decided to be ordinary in 17%. There was no factually critical affiliation between vitamin D lack and sexual orientation (p = 0.110), BMI (p = 0.672), instructive level (p = 0.598), or conjugal status (p = 0.357); There was, in any case, a factually noteworthy fluctuation among each of the bunches in terms of VAS score and Vitamin (D) levels, with the most noteworthy cruel of vitamin D being among patients with gentle spinal pain, which was altogether higher than the cruel among those with extreme back. Our research revealed a relationship between low vitamin D levels and the severity of pain experienced by people with lower back pain. Therefore, since vitamin-D level screening may be an affordable, safe, and logical form of the indications for physicians, it must be taken into consideration in patients with lower back pain.
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