Lombalgia e fatores associados em policiais militares do 32º Batalhão de Polícia Militar da cidade de Uberlândia-MG

Abstract

Low back pain is a frequent cause of removal in various segments of society and also affects military police officers employed in the operational service (who work in the external environment of the unit) and, as a result, are transferred to administrative work within the institution itself. However, in this group of operational service there are reports of a larger universe of people who complain of low back pain, who do not seek treatment, and live with the discomfort, impacting on the quality of life and, consequently, on the quality of the service provided. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain in military police officers of the 32nd Military Police Battalion of the city of Uberlândia (MG) in 2019. In particular, describe the socio-demographic and occupational characteristics, as well as verify the factors associated with the prevalence of low back pain. In this same military unit. Participated in the study 183 military police officers of the 32nd Military Police Battalion of the city of Uberlândia (MG) in 2019. Were included in the study active military police officers of both genders, belonging to the 32nd Military Police Battalion of the city of Uberlândia (MG) and those who signed the approved informed consent form and following the military police education instruction no. 14/2016 of the Minas Gerais State Military Police Academy. The application of the questionnaire was confidential and completely confidential. The answers were anonymous and the information was used exclusively for the purposes of this research, which we believe did not promote discomfort and / or embarrassment to the volunteer participants. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Information was collected through a structured questionnaire containing information about low back pain, sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle and occupational data. For data archiving and statistical analysis, IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 20.0 software was used. The participants' ages ranged from 26 to 50 years, with a mean of 38.5 ± 5.6 years. It was observed that variables such as age, weight of equipment, daily sleep time, daily water intake and free time physical activity showed no significant differences in this study. However, it was found a high incidence of low back pain symptoms in this sample, 84.7% of the volunteers, and overweight demonstrated a determining factor for the onset of symptoms, due to 2.81 more chances of exposure to low back pain when compared to others with normal weight.