Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population

Crawford, Rebecca J.; Volken, Thomas; Schaffert, René; Bucher, Thomas

doi:10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4758

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population
Authors:	Crawford, Rebecca J. Volken, Thomas Schaffert, René Bucher, Thomas
DOI:	10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2 10.21256/zhaw-4758
Published in:	BMC Public Health
Volume(Issue):	18
Issue:	1188
Issue Date:	19-Oct-2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	BioMed Central
ISSN:	1471-2458
Language:	English
Subjects:	Health profession; Low back pain; Neck pain; Self-reported health; Students; Swiss health survey; Switzerland
Subject (DDC):	617.5: Orthopaedic surgery
Abstract:	Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) are of considerable socio-economic burden. Considering the escalating demand on health services that LBP and NP have globally, they represent an arguably unsustainable drain on resources with the projected increased demand secondary to an ageing population. Identifying populations at risk for LBP and NP may inform public health prevention strategies. Health professions' (HP) students may be more susceptible due to their demographic factors and potentially risky postural demands of their education and formative clinical practice. The aim of our study was to compare self-reported LBP and NP of HP students with the general and stratified Swiss population to identify their prevalence. In addition, we compared the prevalence of LBP and NP in students studying different professions in order to identify whether susceptibilities exist.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/12235
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Public Health (IPH)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	Nationale Befragung BSc-Absolventen/-innen in Gesundheitsberufen
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Gesundheit

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Crawford, R. J., Volken, T., Schaffert, R., & Bucher, T. (2018). Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population. BMC Public Health, 18(1188). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2

Crawford, R.J. et al. (2018) ‘Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population’, BMC Public Health, 18(1188). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2.

R. J. Crawford, T. Volken, R. Schaffert, and T. Bucher, “Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population,” BMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1188, Oct. 2018, doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2.

CRAWFORD, Rebecca J., Thomas VOLKEN, René SCHAFFERT und Thomas BUCHER, 2018. Higher low back and neck pain in final year Swiss health professions’ students : worrying susceptibilities identified in a multi-centre comparison to the national population. BMC Public Health. 19 Oktober 2018. Bd. 18, Nr. 1188. DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2

Crawford, Rebecca J., Thomas Volken, René Schaffert, and Thomas Bucher. 2018. “Higher Low Back and Neck Pain in Final Year Swiss Health Professions’ Students : Worrying Susceptibilities Identified in a Multi-Centre Comparison to the National Population.” BMC Public Health 18 (1188). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2.

Crawford, Rebecca J., et al. “Higher Low Back and Neck Pain in Final Year Swiss Health Professions’ Students : Worrying Susceptibilities Identified in a Multi-Centre Comparison to the National Population.” BMC Public Health, vol. 18, no. 1188, Oct. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6105-2.