MCON, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka
Backache strikes nearly 85% of the population at some time of their life. Majority of the backache is due to stress and strain of back muscles, ligaments and tendons. Today the incidence of post-operative backache is increasing and positioning the patient as well as the anesthetic technique of surgery places an important role to develop post- operative backache.1
To analyze the effectiveness of lumbar support in preventing post- operative backache as measured by Verbal Descriptive Scale (VDS) and also to find its association between post-operative backache and age, occupation, BMI, type of surgery, position during surgery and also the duration.
A 10 point Verbal Descriptive Scale pain scale was used to evaluate the post operative backache of both experimental (30) and control group (30).
The median of 2nd and 5th day VDS pain score between both the groups were significantly different (Z value is -5.070 in experimental group and - 4.217 in the control group). The median reduction in the VDS pain score between the two groups is statistically significant (Z=-5.028) at p<.05.
This study provides empirical evidence to the effectiveness of inflatable lumbar support for the prevention of post-operative backache and is found to have association with BMI.
Post-Operative Backache, Inflatable Lumbar Support, Verbal Descriptive Scale, Spinal Anesthesia and Lower Abdominal Surgery
