Prevalence and Risk Factors for Low Back Pain Among Professional Drivers in Kano, Nigeria
| Autor: | Abbas Abdullahi Digil, Omar Salad Elmi, Rufai Y. Ahmad, Abdurrahman Mohammed Jajere, Adamu Ahmad Rufa'i, Salamatu Umar Aliyu, Ismaila Adamu Saidu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Automobile Driving medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Prevalence Nigeria Toxicology Young Adult Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires health services administration Humans Medicine General Environmental Science High prevalence business.industry Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Middle Aged Low back pain Confidence interval nervous system diseases Occupational Diseases body regions Motor Vehicles Individual risk factors Cross-Sectional Studies Physical therapy population characteristics medicine.symptom business Low Back Pain human activities Demography |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health. 70:251-255 |
| ISSN: | 2154-4700 1933-8244 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19338244.2013.845139 |
| Popis: | This study investigated the prevalence, risk factors, and impact of low back pain (LBP) among professional drivers in Nigeria. Two hundred male drivers aged 19-64 years were recruited in the study. Data regarding prevalence, individual risk factors, and impact of LBP were obtained. The prevalence rate of LBP was 73.5%, and LBP have affected the driving performance of up to 74% drivers. After adjustment for age, LBP prevalence was associated with driving for >15 hours/day (odds ratio [OR]; 95% confidence interval [CI]): (0.04; 0.01, 0.20), driving car (5.52; 1.55, 19.64), and driving bus (10.49; 2.63, 41.82). No association was found between LBP prevalence and years spent driving. The study found that high prevalence of LBP affected the performance of a substantial percentage of the participants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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