TEMPORARY INABILITY OF PATIENTS WITH BACK PAIN ACCORDING TO THE DATA OF THE OUTPATIENT AND POLYCLINIC SERVICE OF THE CITY OF ANDIJAN

Аннотация

In the city of Andijan, for 1 year, 394 sick leave certificates were issued to patients with back pain for a period of 5 to 39 days. Of these, there were 152 men (38.6%), women - 242 (61.4%). According to the localization of pain, the largest number of patients was with pain in the lumbar region 253 (124 men, 129 women), in the cervical region there were 108 (22 men, 86 women) patients and the smallest number of patients was in the thoracic region 33 (6 men, 27 women). The average age of patients depending on the localization of back pain revealed an increase in it from the lumbar to the thoracic and cervical (41.1±0.6 years, 43.3±1.9 and 46.0±1.0, respectively). The average number of days of disability: its lowest value (8.4±1.1 days) was in patients with thoracic localization of pain, by 1.4 days (9.8±0.5) it was more with lumbar localization and by 2.4 days (10.6±0.8) was longer with cervical localization. In men, compared with women, the average days of disability were less: in the cervical and lumbar regions by 1 day, in the thoracic region - by 4.1 days. As the age of patients increases, the average days of disability increase.