Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health
Vol 5, No 2 (2020)

A Meta-Analysis on the Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Health Workers

Akbar, Muh. Syaiful (Unknown)
Rahardjo, Setyo Sri (Unknown)
Indarto, Dono (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Apr 2020

Abstract

Background: Low back pain is a common prob­lem in global health. Low back pain is very com­monly found with disabilities compared to other con­ditions. Complaints of the musculoskeletal sys­­­­tem are complaints in parts of the skeletal mus­cles that a person feels from very mild to very painful. There is a possible factor that can cause the occurrence of lower back pain in health wor­kers such as length of work in a day. This stu­dy aim­ed to analyze the length of work in a day for health workers.Subjects and Method: This was a meta-ana­ly­sis and systematic study using electronic data­bases of Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scho­lar, and Springer Link. The keywords for search­­ing articles were as follows: risk factor, low back pain, medical person, health workers, Cross Sec­­tional. The articles studied were full-text ar­ti­cles with cross-sectional study design. The arti­cles were collected using PRISMA diagrams and ana­lyzed using the ReviewManager 5.4.Results: Length of work by ³5 years (aOR=­1.­58; 95%­­CI=1.27 to 1.96; p<0.0001) was a factor that could increase the incidence of low back pain in health workers. The result was statistically sig­ni­fi­cant. Tenure of work by ≥6 hours in a day (aOR= ­1.53; 95%CI=0.71 to 3.29; p=0.28) was a factor that could increase the incidence of lower back pain in health workers. However, the result was sta­­tistically non-significant.Conclusion: Longer length of work/day increase the risk of lower back pain in health workers.Keywords: tenure, low back pain, health workersCorrespondence: Muh. Syaiful Akbar. Masters Program in Public Heal­th, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: asyaifulop@gmail.com. Mobile: 0823­25­0­70­569.Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 05(02): 237-244https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020.05.02.11. 

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jepublichealth

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Public Health

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