Low back pain and its related risk factors in health care providers at hospitals: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care personnel are exposed to ergonomic hazards, musculoskeletal disorders, and other work-related injuries. Low back pain is the most common musculoskeletal disorder. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of low back pain and the risk factors in health care personnel at the hospital in a form of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the articles published in international electronic databases including Web of Knowledge, Embase, Scopus, PubMed were searched until May 2019. We included cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies estimate the prevalence and risk factors for low back pain in health personnel. Data were analyzed using Stata-14 software and random effect model at 95% conf

SUBMITTER: Rezaei B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519806 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature