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PURPOSE: To investigate whether low back pain (LBP) is a problem for people with
a stoma. METHOD: Following ethical approval, a postal questionnaire was sent to
the Ileostomy Association of Northern Ireland (n = 402). RESULTS: The response
rate was 81.6%. Two hundred ninety three (72.8%) were included in the analysis.
The participants fell into three groups: those who never had LBP
(n = 102,34.8%), those who had LBP but not within the last 6 months
(n = 26, 8.9%) and
those who had LBP within the last 6 months (n = 165, 56.3%). Participants with
LBP (n = 165) compared the ease with which they could carry out everyday tasks:
'before' and 'since' surgery. There was a mean increased difficulty of between
1.75 and 2.26 points across all tasks. The Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
scores ranged from 0 to 24 with 50% having a score of 8/24 or higher. Some
participants (n = 76, 46.1%) believed that the stoma surgery was the reason for
their back pain, followed by 27.9% (n = 46) blaming weak muscles. Others (53.3%)
thought their back pain was worsening. There was a significant rise in the
incidence of first episode back pain within a year of surgery. CONCLUSIONS: These
results suggest that LBP is a problem for people with a stoma.

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