Ovdiy MO*

Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine

*Corresponding Author: Ovdiy MO, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Received: October 16, 2023; Published: March 20, 2024

Abstract

Relevance: In recent years, there has been a trend towards an increase in cases of chronic pain among young people, which leads to a deterioration in their health and quality of life. In modern society, the issue of a sedentary lifestyle and psycho-emotional overstrain is acute, which has significant trends among young people and can in turn provoke the occurrence of chronic pain. The study of these issues among young people is of great interest and requires the use of preventive interventions in order to maintain health and improve the quality of life.

Purpose: To assess the lifestyle, subjective level of stress and level of chronic pain of young people to identify the risk contingent and timely implementation of preventive and therapeutic measures.

Materials and Methods: A survey of 160 young people was conducted, the age range was 18-35 years. To determine the subjective level of stress, the PSS-10 (Perceived Stress Scale) self-assessment questionnaire was used. A survey was conducted on lifestyle, subjective assessment of the level of health and assessment of the level of physical activity, taking into account the recommendations of the World Health Organization.

Results: During the lifestyle assessment, it was found that 34.6% of the subjects did not have an adequate level of physical activity, 28% had body mass index indicators that did not correspond to the normal range, about 24.4% spent more than 6 hours a day in a sitting position, which indicates prolonged sitting and is one of the risk factors for chronic low back pain. Sleep disturbance among young people was observed in 71% of the subjects studied. Moderate levels of stress were experienced by the majority of the subjects (74%) and High levels of subjective stress were observed in 12% of individuals, chronic pain was observed in 58% of individuals.

Conclusions: Most young people have chronic pain, chronic lower back pain predominates, and chronic pain of a mixed nature predominates. There is a relationship between chronic pain and lifestyle, namely sedentary work, physical inactivity and sleep disturbances, and significant levels of stress.

 Keywords: World Health Organization; Lifestyle; Physical Activity

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Citation

Citation: Ovdiy MO. “The Relationship Between Lifestyle, Stress Levels, Physical Activity and Chronic Pain in Young People”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 8.4 (2024): 45-48.

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Copyright: © 2024 Ovdiy MO. 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.