Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences1028-88801812-5735Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/pjbs.2008.809.812SaiepourNargess MohammadKazem AbhariRoya ZeraatiHojjat NoorbalaAhmad Ali52008115The aim of this study was to investigate the association
between mental disorder and back pain among postmenopausal Iranian women.
Three thousand six hundred and fifty five postmenopausal women were interviewed
in the second National Health Survey (2nd NHS) in the year 2000, in Iran.
Of whom, 2953 women were included in this study. Back pain (BKP) was considered
as dependent variable and mental disorder as independent variable. Factors
like age, Body Mass Index (BMI), residential area, employment, literacy,
smoking habit, marital status and spinal fractures were considered as
confounders. Logistic regression models have been applied for data analysis.
The BKP prevalence was 40.1% and the prevalence of mental disorder was
44.3%. After adjustment for confounders, mental disorder was positively
associated with BKP, OR (CI): 1.615 (1.36, 1.91). This study confirmed
that BKP and mental disorder are common problems and these two factors
are associated amongst postmenopausal women. Further longitudinal studies
are recommended to specify casual inferences.]]>Avis, N.E.,199638083Becker, D., J. Lomranz, A. Pines, D. Shmotkin, E. Nitza, G. BennAmitay and R. Mester,200142252257Bongers, P.M., C.R. de Winter, M.A. Kompier and V.H. Hildebrandt,199319297312Bouras, N., J.R. Bartlett, G. Neil‐Dwyer and P.K. Bridges,198457147151Brynhildsen, J.O., B. Erika, S. Constance and L.H. Mats,199823809813Chow, S.N., C.C. Huang and Y.T. Lee,199796806811Failde, I., J.L. Gonzalez, J.P. Novalbos, F. Casais, J. Marin and J. Elorza,200050591596Folman, Y., S. Shabat and R. Gepstein,200439157162Foppa, I. and R.H. Noack,19964311191126Goldberg, D.P. and V.F. Hillier,19799139145Gonge, H., L.D. Jensen and J.P. Bonde,2002167987Huang, C.P., D. Ross and R.D. Wasnich,19961110261032Melzer, D., E. Gardener and J.M. Guralnik,200534594602Mirzamani-Bafghi, S.M., A. Sididi and J. Sahrai,200369194Sikorski, J.M., H.G. Stampfer, R.M. Cole and A.E. Wheatley,199666294297Tavafian, S., H. Eftekhar, K. Muhammad, A.R. Jamshidi, A. Montazeri, D. Shojaeezadeh and F. Ghofranipure,2005343639Ursin, H., I.M. Endersen, S. Svebak, G. Tellnes and R. Mykletun,19937247258Vogt, M.T., W.C. Lauerman, M. Chirumbole and L.H. Kuller,200257M544M550Wing, P.C.,200116414591468