Occupational Low Back Pain in Primary and High School Teachers: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most frequent occupational health problems and accounts for a large number of losses in working days and disability for workers in modern industrialized countries. The aim of this paper was to investigate the prevalence of lower back problem and to associate risk factors among high school teachers. A cross-sectional study was conducted among high school teachers using self-administered questionnaires, which were distributed to randomly selected school teachers of 7 boys’ and 10 girls’ high schools across the city of Kerman and collected between October and November 2010. A total of 296 teachers returned completed questionnaires, yielding a response rate of 78.9%. The 12-month prevalence of LBP was 68.8%, which reporting with moderate disability. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that females [odds ratio (OR): 1.85, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.51–2.00] were positively correlated to LBP. Awkward arm posture (OR: 1.81, 95% CI: 1.24–2.62) and awkward body posture (OR: 1.23, 95% CI: 0.87–1.49) were significantly associated with LBP. Psychosocial job demands and job dissatisfaction were also significantly associated with LBP. Smoking cigarette was three times more likely to develop lower back pain when compared with non-smokers. The prevalence of LBP was high among high school teachers. A wide variety of LBP risk factors were identified in the current study. The present study indicates that the high prevalence of lower back pain may lose difficulty to teachers in getting to work and “performing” the work required of them, resulting in work absenteeism, which may decrease work productivity.

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Prevalence of Low Back Pain among Public High School Teachers in the City of Manila

10.36413/pjahs.0201.004 ◽

2007 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alvin Atlas ◽

Raiza Geires Bondoc ◽

Rosabel Ann Garrovillas ◽

Rhea Divina Lo ◽

Joel Recinto ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

High School Teachers ◽

Public High School ◽

Low Back ◽

School Teachers ◽

The City

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T430 INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COGNITIVE, RELAXATION, AND BEHAVIORAL THERAPIES IN IMPROVING CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN AMONG IRAN MALE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

European Journal of Pain Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1754-3207(11)70248-6 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (S1) ◽

pp. 73-73

Author(s):

A.K. Pouladeireishehri

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

High School Teachers ◽

Chronic Low Back Pain ◽

Low Back ◽

School Teachers ◽

Male High School ◽

Behavioral Therapies

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LOW BACK PAIN AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN CUTTACK, ODISHA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

International Journal of Medical Science and Diagnosis Research ◽

10.32553/ijmsdr.v5i6.816 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Swatisuman Behera ◽

Shyamal Koley

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Secondary School ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Secondary School Teachers ◽

Low Back ◽

School Teachers ◽

Prolonged Standing ◽

Female Teachers ◽

Keywords Low Back Pain

The purpose of the present study was to search the prevalence of low back pain and its associated factors in secondary school teachers of Cuttack, Odisha. For this purpose, 457 secondary school’s teachers aged 26-60 years were contacted from various schools of Cuttack city, of those 191 teachers (76 male and 115 female) were confirmed for low back pain by self- informative questionnaire. Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Pain Questionnaire and a self-constructed questionnaire were applied to measure the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of the participants. The results revealed that the overall prevalence of LBP in the last 12 months among secondary school teachers was 41.79%, of those female teachers (60.20%) were affected more than their male counterparts. Some factors, such as excessive work load, sleeping disturbance (especially in female teachers), prolonged standing in classroom, physical inactivity affected adversely towards their health and wellbeing causing LBP in them. It was also found that the maximum male (75.00%) and female (58.26%) teachers had the minimum disability in Oswestry Disability Index category. It might be concluded that the addressing work-related and individual factors would be essential to decrease the magnitude of the problem. Keywords: Low back pain, Prevalence, Associated factors, Secondary school teachers of Cuttack, Odisha.

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Acute low back pain in high school adolescents in Southern Brazil: prevalence and associated factors

European Spine Journal ◽

10.1007/s00586-011-2056-3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (7) ◽

pp. 1234-1240 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Antonio Carlos Onofrio ◽

Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva ◽

Marlos Rodrigues Domingues ◽

Airton José Rombaldi

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Low Back ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Acute Low Back Pain

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BACKS TOOL: A STUDY IN IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF OCCUPATIONAL CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine ◽

10.37268/mjphm/vol.19/no.2/art.32 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Jenn Zhueng Tam ◽

Zuraida Mohamed ◽

Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh ◽

Noor Hassim Ismail

Keyword(s):

Low Back Pain ◽

Back Pain ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Chronic Back Pain ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Low Back ◽

History Of ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Definition Of ◽

Occupational Low Back Pain

In the absence of objective definition of work- relatedness; decision- making processes, assessments, investigations, treatment and rehabilitation on chronic back pain due to work had been challenging. BACKS questionnaire was designed to assist physicians in determining occupational low back pain among employees from the aspect of reliability and validity. Each identified employee with history of chronic back pain was given chronic back pain was given the BACKS Tool prototype to be filled in. Data was analyzed via stepwise linear regression to develop a temporary model for the BACKS Tool questionnaire. A total 220 respondents were included in the study. Among the associated factors of chronic occupational back pain were physical demand, psychological demand, colleagues who complain of similar back pain, job task involved in twisting for more than 20o, age of the employees and Pain Score that was reported by the respective employees. The regression reported sensitivity of 90.9% and specificity of 95.5%. In search of determining work- relatedness among employees with occupational back pain versus those due to aging, a screening tool had to be developed to assist in providing scientific assessments that would improve employee satisfaction during educational promotion and counseling.

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