Risk Factor Analysis in Sedentary Office Workers with Low Back Pain
Journal Title: Journal of Chalmeda AnandRao Institute of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 13, Issue 1
Abstract
Background and Objectives: Low back pain is one of the common musculoskeletaldisorders in the office workers and it is the leading cause for long term sick leave. The life time prevalence of low back pain is estimated 60-85% and is the most common cause for work related disability in people under age of 45 years. Various studies have found that office workers are more prone to have low back pain symptoms. There was no study focus on the risk factor evaluation on the low back pain. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain among sedentary office workers. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed with 120 participants. Study was conducted on various locales like Schools, colleges, bank and office where the working was in an office environment, people included were working for more than 6 hours in a day or 30 hours in a week. A self-developed structured questionnaire was given to all participants with low back pain. Risk factors including personal factors, working factors, job stress, healthy behavior, and work environment were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Results: Results finds that 62% of man and 80% of women complains of low back pain, where as 47% of male are obese and 43% of female are overweight. Conclusion: Study concludes that back pain is strongly associated with various risk factors like obesity, poor posture and other factors.
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Subramanian S, Arun B
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