Study to Know the Impact of Lumbago on Quality of Life of Ikkat Handloom Weavers of Pochampally and Intervention with Cobaltum 200C - A Cross-Sectional Study

Lumbago is a musculoskeletal disorder of back causing pain in between the lower edge of ribs and the lower fold of the buttocks. It occurs more often in traditional handloom weavers due to their prolonged sitting posture and nature of work. It was seen that in physical illnesses like back pain has an impact on quality of life by the means of physical, mental, social and environmental aspects. Low back pain is important cause for absenteeism in traditional weavers which reflects in productivity of work and livelihood. Based on the literature there are many commonly used homoeopathic medicines for backache like Arnica, Aesculus, Rhus tox. But nowhere accuracy in effectiveness of Cobaltum had been discussed even though it was mentioned as effective remedy for Backache in literatures. This study is designed to know the impact of chronic or sub-chronic and mechanical type of lumbago on quality of life in traditional Ikkat handloom weavers of pochampally along with efficacy of Cobaltum200C. Physical pain can take control over the daily routine, emotional and interpersonal relationship in weavers. The study also helps to define quality of life among the traditional weavers according to different domains like physical, psychological, social and environmental. This is an initiative to bring community-based research to address the problem and provide effective homoeopathic aid among economically challenged communities. Keywords: VAS Scale, WHOQOL-BREF-Sale, Cobaltum200C, Lumbago