This study investigated the prevalence of low back pain among family
caregivers in China and clarified the influences of low back pain and social networking category
types on health-related quality of life of caregivers.Data were collected from
74 subjects. Low back pain was diagnosed by physicians. A questionnaire survey was carried out to
collect data on social networking, health-related quality of life, etc.The low back pain
prevalence was higher than the Chinese average reported previously for those over 50 years of age.
For the low back pain group, the number of categories for "in-person meetings with others" was
significantly related to their health-related quality of life. According to the results of the multiple
regression analysis, low back pain had the greatest impact on the health-related quality of life of
family caregivers. Some of the social networking activities are important for the healthrelated
quality of life of family caregivers in China. This study also suggests that the low back pain
might be the most important factor influencing the health-related quality of life.
YOSHINORI KAWASAKI, MASASHI KASUYA, ZIYUN FENG,NAOFUMI TANAKA, KANA KAWASAKI, LI LI,ZHAOCHUN LIU, AIJUN CHENG
