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Table 1 The baseline characteristics of the participants (n = 229)

From: Occupational factors and low back pain: a cross-sectional study of Bangladeshi female nurses

Variables

Categories

LBP for ≥1 day (n = 167, 72.9%)

Chronic LBP (n = 73, 31.9%)

Intense pain (n = 56, 24.5%)

Seeking medical care (n = 83, 36.2%)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tertiary hospital

Private (105)

67 (63.8%)

14 (13.3%)

10 (9.5%)

30 (28.6%)

Public (124)

100 (80.7%)

59 (47.6%)

46 (37.1%)

53 (43.7%)

Designation

Head nurse (55)

17 (30.9%)

9 (16.4%)

8 (14.6%)

12 (21.8%)

Ordinary nurse (174)

150 (86.2%)

64 (36.8%)

52 (29.89%)

71 (40.8%)

Marital status

Single (60)

38 (63.3%)

8 (13.3%)

4 (6.66%)

15 (25.00%)

Married (169)

129 (76.3%)

65 (38.6%)

52 (30.7%)

68 (40.3%)

Parity

No (92)

55 (59.8%)

17 (18.5%)

6 (6.5%)

24 (26.1%)

Yes (137)

112 (81.8%)

56 (40.9%)

50 (36.5%)

59 (43.1%)

Family income

<25,000 TK (38)

28 (73.68%)

13(34.2%)

8 (21.1%)

12 (31.9%)

25,000–35,000 TK (84)

58 (69.1%)

21 (25.0%)

12 (14.3%)

26 (30.9%)

>35,000 TK (107)

81 (75.7%)

39 (36.5%)

22 (20.6%)

45 (42.1%)

Duration of working

<5 years (143)

102 (71.3%)

40 (27.9%)

31 (21.7%)

48 (33.6%)

5–10 years (39)

24 (61.4%)

4 (10.3%)

3 (7.7%)

10 (25.6%)

>10 years (47)

41 (87.3%)

29 (61.7%)

22 (46.8%)

25 (53.2%)

Weekly working hours

Overtime (93)

76 (81.7%)

37 (39.8%)

21 (22.6%)

42 (45.2%)

Regular (136)

91 (66.9%)

36 (26.5%)

35 (25.7%)

41 (30.2%)

Prolong standing

1–2 h (128)

86 (67.2%)

29 (22.7%)

25 (19.5%)

38 (29.7%)

2–3 h (101)

81 (80.2%)

44 (43.6%)

31 (30.7%)

45 (44.6%)

Manual lifting

Yes (176)

127 (72.2%)

60 (34.1%)

49 (27.8%)

67 (38.1%)

No (53)

40 (7.5%)

13 (24.5%)

7 (13.2%)

16 (30.2%)

Supporting staff

Yes (94)

44 (47.3%)

15 (16.2%)

13 (14.0%)

21 (22.6%)

No (135)

122 (90.4%)

58 (43.0%)

43 (31.9%)

62 (45.9%)

Physical exercise

Yes (36)

26 (72.2%)

10 (27.8%)

8 (22.2%)

9 (25.0%)

No (193)

141 (73.1%)

58 (30.1%)

48 (24.8%)

74 (38.3%)

Sleeping hours

<6 h (118)

96 (81.4%)

53 (44.9%)

40 (33.9%)

55 (46.6%)

≥6 h (111)

71 (64.0%)

20 (18.0%)

16 (14.4%)

28 (25.2%)

Job satisfaction

Strongly agree (47)

38 (80.9%)

21 (44.7%)

18 (38.3%)

22 (46.8%)

Agree (123)

92 (74.8%)

44 (35.7%)

30 (24.4%)

45 (36.6 s %)

Neither (59)

37 (62.7%)

8 (13.6%)

8 (13.6%)

16 (27.1%)