Research Article
Low Back Pain in Out-door Patient at the Department of Neurology at Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital in Bamako: Longitudinal, Descriptive and Prospective Study about 120 Patients
Youssoufa Maiga1*, Zakaria Mamadou1, Modibo Sangare2, Martin Sanou3, Salimata Diallo1, Seybou H Diallo1, Massama Camara1, Oumar Sidibe1, Youssouf Sogoba4, Hamar A Traore5 and Julien Nizard6
1Service de Neurologie, CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali
2Faculté de Médecine et d’odontostomatologie, USTTB, Bamako, Mali
3UFR odontologie, Université de Nantes, Mali
4Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali
5Service de Médecine Interne CHU Point G, Bamako, Mali
6Centre d’Evaluation et de Traitement de la Douleur, Centre Fédératif Douleur Soins de Support Ethique clinique, France
- *Corresponding Author:
- Youssoufa Maiga
Neurologist, Hospital practician at the Teaching
Hospital Gabriel Touré in Bamako, Mali
Tel: 00223-6690-1718
Fax: 00223-2023-9986
E-mail: youssoufamaiga@hotmail.com
Received March 23, 2016; Accepted May 18, 2016; Published May 20, 2016
Citation: Maiga Y, Mamadou Z, Sangare M, Sanou M, Diallo S, et al (2016) Low Back Pain in Out-door Patient at the Department of Neurology at Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital in Bamako: Longitudinal, Descriptive and Prospective Study about 120 Patients. J Pain Relief 5:247.doi:10.4172/2167-0846.1000247
Copyright: © 2016 Maiga Y, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective: to report the epidemiological and clinical aspects, the therapeutic itinerary and impact of back pain on the quality of life of patients in the neurology department of CHU Gabriel Touré Mali.
Patients and methods: this is a longitudinal study, conducted over 1 year. All patients seen in the department of Neurology, Gabriel Touré teaching hospital of Bamako with low back pain.
Results: hospital frequency of low back pain was 9.94% with female predominance 58.3% vs. 41.7% for men, mean age 49.5 years, with a range from 20 to 79 years. The pattern of evolution of the disease was acute in 19.2% and chronic in 80.8%. In fact 45% of our patients come in first intention to a General Practitioners, the average duration of follow-up at the level of GP was 215 days. 56.8% of patients had stop working and the average duration was 12 days, the estimated annual financial cost was 223,551.79 Francs XOF e.g. 341.3 Euro. A significant impact of back pain on quality of life, leisure, anxiety and depression was noted in most of the patients using the DALLAS self questionnaire.
Conclusion: Low back pain remains a frequent reason for consultation in neurology. Typical low back pain is the most frequent form. Management is multidisciplinary.
