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%) |
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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%) |