<![CDATA[Background: Low back pain is defined as pain localized below the 12th costal margin to the lower gluteal fold. Specific low back pain is caused by pathological mechanisms as the cause of complaints. Age and gender are risk factors for low back pain. Objective: to find out the relationship between age and gender with specific low back pain at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Bantul. Method: This study used a cross-sectional design with the chi-square analysis test. Data were taken from the medical records of PKU Muhammadiyah Bantul Hospital in October-November 2021 with a sample of 96 respondents. Results: Specific low back pain was more common in those aged ≥ 35 years, with 50 persons (98.0%), while those aged < 35 years had 1 person (2%). Among them, women were the majority (64.7%), while the men were only 35.3%. The underlying diagnosis of specific low back pain included 42 people (82.4%) experiencing intervertebral disc disorder, spondylolisthesis in as many as 4 people (7.8%), scoliosis in as many as 2 people (3.9%), fracture compression in as many as 2 people (3.9%), and spondylolysis in as many as 1 person (2%). Bivariate analysis obtained a p-value = 0.003. While the gender factor with specific low back pain showed a p-value = 0.968. Conclusion: This study shows that there is a significant relationship between age and specific low back pain and there is no relationship between gender and specific low back pain.]]>
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