Efeitos da participação em um Grupo de Coluna sobre as dores musculoesqueléticas, qualidade de vida e funcionalidade dos usuários de uma Unidade Básica de Saúde de Porto Alegre - Brasil / Effects of participation in a Back School on musculoskeletal pain, quality of life andfunctionality of users of a Unidade Básica de Saúde from Porto Alegre- Brazil
This study was carried out in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the Back Group project, in a Porto Alegres Basic Health Unit. We evaluated and re-evaluated 29 users before and after the participated in a Back Group. Its were used the Visual Analogue Scale to assess pain, the Oswestry Disability Index to assess the functionality, and the questionnaire Item Short-Form Health Survey-SF-36 to assess the quality of life. The results, obtained from the Wilcoxon test (=0.05), demonstrated the effectiveness of the Back Group in the improvement of the intensity of musculoskeletal pain (p<0.05), in the physical functioning(p=0.005), in the quality of life in the functional capacity (p=0.001), by the physical limitations (p=0.001), pain (p=0.001), vitality (p=0.004), emotional limitation (p=0.026) and mental health (p=0.010) dominions. It is concluded that the Back Group was effectiveness in the improved of the pain, function and quality of lifes users.