Low Back Pain among Workers

Low Back Pain among Workers: The Problem and What to Do About It

A recently published article from NIOSH reports that more than 1 in 4 (26%) working adults experience low back pain.

Our study aims to identify the prevalence of work-related low back pain and its risk factors among industrial workers in Bangladesh.

Low Back Pain Prevalence and Related Workplace Psychosocial ...

This study linked low back pain to work-family imbalance, exposure to a hostile work environment, job insecurity, long work hours and certain occupation groups.

Back Pain in the Workplace

More than 1 in 4 working adults report current back pain [1]. Some episodes of back pain may be precipitated by physical job demands, but both work-related and ...

This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence and identify determinants of low back pain among hotel industries' housekeepers in Gondar town, Ethiopia.

Back pain among workers in the United States: National estimates ...

Our analyses show that back pain is a major cause of morbidity and lost production for US workers and identifies previously unrecognized high risk occupations.

Risk factors for new‐onset low back pain amongst cohorts of newly ...

Conclusion. In this cohort of newly employed workers, from a range of occupations, several aspects of the work‐place environment, other than mechanical factors, ...

Development of a risk score for low back pain in office workers

The aims of this study were to develop a risk score to identify office workers likely to have LBP and to evaluate its predictive power.

Occupational Characteristics of Low Back Pain Among Standing ...

This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the prevalence of LBP in employees at an electronics manufacturing factory in Japan who conduct their work while ...

Lower Back Pain as an Occupational Hazard Among Ugandan ...

The frequency rate of low back pain was high amongst health workers and its main associated individual and work related factors could have been prevented.

Low back pain - World Health Organization (WHO)

In 2020, low back pain (LBP) affected 619 million people globally and it is estimated that the number of cases will increase to 843 million ...

Effects of personal, psychosocial and occupational factors on low ...

Work-related or occupational low back pain has become a major concern in recent years. Low back pain is one of the most prevalent work-related musculoskeletal ...

Low Back Pain Disorders in Louisiana Workers - La Dept. of Health

Low Back Pain (LBP) disorders are one of the leading occupationally related conditions and are the most frequent reason for filing a workers' compensation ...

Perceived Stress and Low-Back Pain Among Healthcare Workers

This study aimed to investigate the association between perceived stress and odds of low-back pain (LBP) in a population of Danish healthcare workers.

Identifying factors associated with low back pain among employees ...

Introduction: Prolonged sitting with awkward posture and long working hours are the predisposing factors for developing Mechanical Low Back Pain ...

Low back pain among Iranian industrial workers - Oxford Academic

The 1-year prevalence of self-reported LBP in this Iranian industrial population was 21% (20% males and 27% females).

Assessment of the prevalence and associated factors of lower back ...

Results The prevalence of LBP was found to be 42.7% among the participants. Farmers and rickshaw pullers had approximately four-times and three-times higher ...

Prevalence, Recognition of Work-Relatedness, and ... - CDC stacks

work impacts of back pain–specifically, low back pain (LBP)–among U.S. workers for the first time since 1988. Corresponding author: Sara E ...

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Low Back Pain Among Bank ...

Results: The prevalence of low back pain among bank workers in the last 12 months was 55.4%. Being female, work-related stress, lack of physical ...

Prevalence, Recognition of Work-Relatedness, and Effect on Work ...

In 2015, the NHIS (National Health Interview Survey) collected supplemental data about the work-relatedness and the effects on work of back pain—specifically, ...