Activities of Daily Living among Adult Patients with Lumbar Disc

Abstract

Lumbar disc disease refers to a collection of degenerative disorders that can lead to low back pain as people age. It is also known as lumbar spondylosis. Lumbar disc disease is caused by normal degenerative changes that occur as a person ages, when the outer layer of the disc cracks, the disc loses its normal water content. This reduces its ability to act as a cushion for the loads applied to the spine (Coventry, Ghormley and Kernohan, 2016). Eventually, it leads to a collapse of the disc and degenerative changes in both the vertebral bodies and the facet joints of the spine. Patients with lumbar disc disease typically develop complaints of chronic low back pain between the ages of 20 and 50 years, which effect on ADLs, the goal of the management of patients with LD is to improve their ADLs and prevent complications, thus decreasing mortality and morbidity rate (Bogduk, Tynan and Wilson, 2012). Aim of the study The aim of this study is to assess the activities of daily living among adult patients with lumbar disc. Research questions 1. Is there relation between socio-demographic characteristic and past history for adult patients with lumbar disc? 2. Does lumbar disc effecting on adult patient's daily living activities? 3. Is there relation between knowledge of adult patients with lumbar disc and their activities of daily living? 4. Is there relation between practices of adult patients with lumbar disc and their activities of daily living?