Correlation between both neck/shoulder and low back pain and daily behavioral habits among middle school students in Shenzhen / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the relations between neck/shoulder or low back pain and their daily behavioral habits among middle school students in Shenzhen.Methods We randomly chose 3 952 students from 10 high schools in Shenzhen to complete the questionnaires.Data was gathered and analyzed,using the IBM SPSS 23.0.Results Of the 3 952 participants,20.3％ had neck/shoulder pain and 15.2％ had low back pain.Among students experienced neck/shoulder pain,female (25.3％),high school (24.5％) and boarding students (24.4％) experienced higher rates of neck/shoulder pain (P＜0.05).Female students (17.9％) also had higher rate of low back pain (P＜0.05).Results from logistic regression analysis showed that factors asgender,type of school,taking naps on the desk,staying up late,self-perceived stress from learning,overloading homework,time spent on mobile phone and TV,spending long time on computer etc.were related to the neck/shoulder pain (P＜0.05).Factors asgender,naps on the desk,stay up late,self-perceived stress,overloading homework,time spent on mobile phone and TV etc.,were related to low back pain (P＜0.05).Conclusion Neck/shoulder pain and low back pain were both commonly seen while high self-perceived stress,sedentary behaviors and poor sleeping habits were associated with both neck/shoulder and low back pain in high school students in Shenzhen.