Advertising as Topic ; Drug Industry ; Humans ; Internet ; Patient Education as Topic ; Practice Patterns, Physicians'

STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence and various risk factors for low back pain (LBP) in young adults in India. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: LBP is an emerging problem in adolescents, with an incidence that is the highest in the third decade of life worldwide. Various risk factors such as obesity, smoking, family history, stress, and exercise have been described in the literature. This study was conducted because of paucity of data in the Indian literature. METHODS: A total of 1,355 (741 males and 641 females) young Indian Administrative Service aspirants and medical postgraduate aspirants aged 18–35 years were enrolled in the study. The subjects completed a detailed, semi-structured questionnaire that gathered data regarding their sociodemographic profile and factors considered to be risk factors for LBP. Anthropometric measurements, including height and weight, were measured and body mass index was calculated. RESULTS: Most subjects (90.6%) were aged 20–29 years (mean, 24.49; range, 18–35 years). Results indicated that the following factors were associated with LBP in young adults: marital status, previous history of spine problems, strenuous exercise, job satisfaction, monotony, stress, daily number of studying hours, and family history of spine problems (p<0.05). However, age, sex, smoking, alcoholism, coffee intake, mode and duration of travel, diet, frequency of weightlifting, wearing heels, studying posture, and frequency and type of sports activities were not associated with LBP. CONCLUSIONS: The study identified various modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors that precipitated LBP in young adult Indians. Identifying these risk factors at an early stage will prevent LBP progression to a chronic disease state, thereby improving an individual's quality of life and increasing productivity.
Adolescent ; Alcoholism ; Body Mass Index ; Chronic Disease ; Coffee ; Cross-Sectional Studies* ; Diet ; Efficiency ; Heel ; Humans ; Incidence ; India ; Job Satisfaction ; Low Back Pain* ; Male ; Marital Status ; Obesity ; Posture ; Prevalence* ; Quality of Life ; Risk Factors* ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Spine ; Sports ; Young Adult*

KIST Medical College is a new medical school in Lalitpur, Nepal. In Nepal, six basic science subjects are taught together in an integrated organ system-based manner with early clinical exposure and community medicine. Correlation seminars are conducted at the end of covering each organ system. The topics are decided by the core academic group (consisting of members from each basic science department, the Department of Community Medicine, the academic director, and the clinical and program coordinators) considering the public health importance of the condition and its ability to include learning objectives from a maximum number of subjects. The learning objectives are decided by individual departments and finalized after the meeting of the core group. There are two student coordinators for each seminar and an evaluation group evaluates each seminar and presenter. Correlation seminars help students revise the organ system covered and understand its clinical importance, promote teamwork and organization, and supports active learning. Correlation seminars should be considered as a learning modality by other medical schools.
Community Medicine ; Education, Medical, Undergraduate ; Educational Measurement ; Humans ; Learning ; Nepal ; Problem-Based Learning ; Public Health ; Schools, Medical

No abstract available.
Education, Medical, Undergraduate

No abstract available.
Education, Medical

No abstract available.
Humanities ; Humans

No abstract available.
Caribbean Region* ; Learning* ; Schools, Medical* ; Netherlands

No abstract available.
Caribbean Region* ; Curriculum* ; Schools, Medical* ; Netherlands

No abstract available.
Humanities* ; Humans ; Netherlands

No abstract available.
Humans ; Students, Medical* ; Netherlands