Epidemiology of Back Pain in Children and Youth Aged 10–19 from the Area of the Southeast of Poland

Table 3

Dealing with back pain.

	Students with back pain; (𝑛=830)		10–13 years; (𝑛=156)		14–16 years; (𝑛=143)		17–19 years; (𝑛=531)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Taking painkillers (pharmacological treatment)
Prescribed by a doctor	37	4.5	10	6.4	10	7.0	17	3.2
Over-the-counter	102	12.3	26	16.7	15	10.5	61	11.5
Physiotherapy (manual therapy, electrotherapy, exercises)	40	4.8	8	5.1	4	2.8	28	5.3
No treatment	651	78.4	112	71.8	114	79.7	425	80.0

n: number of subjects; %: percent value.