Occupational status and self-reported low back pain by gender: a nation-wide cross-sectional study among the general population in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to examine the cross-sectional association between occupational class and self-reported low back pain (LBP) in a representative sample of the Japanese general population.

Methods

We used anonymized data from a nationwide survey (31,443 men and 35,870 women aged ≥ 20). Occupational class variables included working status, occupation, employment status, and company size (number of employees). Covariates included age, socio-economic status, lifestyle, and comorbidities. Poisson regression models stratified by gender were used to estimate adjusted prevalence ratio (APR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for self-reported LBP.

Results

The prevalence of self-reported LBP was 11.7% in men and 14.2% in women. After adjustment for covariates and mutual adjus

SUBMITTER: Tomioka K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8603561 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature