Prevalence and risk factors for low back pain among university teaching staff in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Background: To date, there are few studies carried out on low back pain (LBP) among university teaching staff in developing countries despite academics being a high-risk group for LBP. In Kenya, to the best of our knowledge, there are no published studies that have investigated risk factors for LBP among teaching staff. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of LBP among teaching staff of the University of Nairobi (UoN), during the period June 2016 - May 2017, and to identify its socio-demographic and work-related risk factors. Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study design was used to estimate the prevalence and investigate the risk factors for LBP among 136 teaching staff of UoN. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on LBP hist

SUBMITTER: Diallo SYK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7531051 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature