title: Primary prevention, education, and low back pain among school children.
abstract: After a survey in 1986, a primary educational prevention program for low back pain (LBP) was implemented over a 3 year period in a primary school setting in Switzerland. In 1989 a second survey was carried out to evaluate the effect of the intervention. One thousand seven hundred and fifty-five (1755) children received a questionnaire, 1716 (97.7%) were returned. Recollection of participation in the prevention program was significantly associated with reported increased prevalence of LBP (p 0.000). Simultaneously, there was a significant reduction in the utilization of medical care for LBP (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cantonal Hospital, Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balagué
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dutoit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waldburger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012016:Reference Values; D013557:Switzerland