Prevalence and Associated Factors of Low Back Pain Among Healthcare Professionals at University of Gondar Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study.
healthcare professional
low back pain
Journal
Journal of pain research
ISSN: 1178-7090
Titre abrégé: J Pain Res
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101540514
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
01
12
2021
accepted:
10
05
2022
entrez:
1
6
2022
pubmed:
2
6
2022
medline:
2
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Low back pain is defined as mechanical pain of the lower part of the back. Globally large number of people suffer from low back pain and this number is increasing. This study aims to assess the prevalence and associated factors of low back pain among healthcare professionals at University of Gondar Compressive Specialized Hospital, northwest Ethiopia. An institutional cross-sectional study was conducted among 423 healthcare professionals from March 20/2021-April 20/2021. A sample was selected from each profession through systematic random sampling technique after proportional allocation to each profession. Data were collected using a pre-tested structured self-administered English-version questionnaire, which was adapted from a standardized Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire. The prevalence of low back pain was calculated and described by using frequency tables. Multivariate logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with the prevalence of low back pain. Significance was considered at p<0.05 with 95% confidence interval. In this study, 423 healthcare professionals were included with the response rate of 95%. Among them 59.95% were males, 48.26% were less than 30 years old, 86% were degree holders and 57.21% were married. The prevalence of low back pain was 57.46% with 95% confidence interval (95%; CI = 52.6, 62.2). The median age of the respondents was 31± (28-32 IQR) years. Being female [AOR 1.81, 95% (CI = 1.079, 3.018)], frequent bending and twisting [AOR = 1.89, 95% CI (1.121, 3.200)], prolonged standing [AOR = 2.61, 95% (CI = 1.487, 4.597)], being a nurse [AOR = 5.80, 95% (CI = 2.070, 16.226)], and being a physician [AOR = 3.82, 95% (CI = 1.264, 11.531)] were predicted variables for low back pain. More than 50 percent of the participants were suffering from low back pain. In this study being female, frequent bending, prolonged standing, and type of professionals were statistically significant factors of low back pain. It is better to equip the hospital with appropriate assistive devices to decrease frequent bending and twisting of healthcare workers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35642186
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S351987
pii: 351987
pmc: PMC9148573
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1543-1552Informations de copyright
© 2022 Negash et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
All authors declared that they have no competing interests.
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