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Associations between measures of socio-economic status, beliefs about back pain, and exposure to a mass media campaign to improve back beliefs

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, May 2017
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Title
Associations between measures of socio-economic status, beliefs about back pain, and exposure to a mass media campaign to improve back beliefs
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BMC Public Health, May 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12889-017-4387-4
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Arnela Suman, Geoffrey P. Bostick, Frederieke G. Schaafsma, Johannes R. Anema, Douglas P. Gross

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly healthcare problems worldwide. Disability from LBP is associated with maladaptive beliefs about the condition, and such beliefs can be influenced by public health interventions. While socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as an important factor in health literacy and inequalities, not much is known about the association between SES and beliefs about LBP. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between measures of SES and the belief that one should stay active through LBP in a representative sample of the general population in Alberta, Canada. We also examined the association between measures of SES and self-reported exposure to a LBP mass media health education campaign. Population-based surveys from 2010 through 2014 were conducted among 9572 randomly selected Alberta residents aged 18-65 years. Several methods for measuring SES, including first language, education, employment status, occupation, and annual household income, were included in multivariable logistic regression modeling to test associations between measures of SES and outcomes. Univariable analysis showed that age, language, education, employment, marital status, and annual household income were significantly associated with the belief that one should stay active through LBP. In multivariable analysis, income was the variable most strongly correlated with this belief (odds ratios ranged from 1.04 to 1.62 for the highest income category, p = 0.005). Univariable analysis for exposure to the campaign showed age, language, education, employment, and occupation to be significantly associated with self-reported exposure, while only education (p = 0.01) and age (p = 0.001) remained significant in multivariable analysis. Individuals with higher annual income appear more likely to believe that one should stay active during an episode of LBP. Additionally, targeted information campaigns are recalled more by low SES groups and may thus assist in reducing health disparities. More research is needed to fully understand the association between socioeconomic factors and LBP and to target campaigns accordingly.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 125 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Researcher 11 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Other 18 14%
Unknown 30 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 29 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 22 18%
Social Sciences 10 8%
Neuroscience 5 4%
Engineering 4 3%
Other 18 14%
Unknown 37 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 February 2024.
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#3,377
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#62
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