Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates

Identification of associated risk factors is important to enable successful implementation of low back pain prevention strategies. To date, there is limited research data on back pain among young adults in Malaysia despite an increasing incidence of this disabling condition worldwide. A cross-sectio...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Lim, Kanglun
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/1/12_Nor_Azlin_Mohd_Nordin.pdf

id	ukm-6928
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-69282016-12-14T06:42:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/ Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Lim, Kanglun Identification of associated risk factors is important to enable successful implementation of low back pain prevention strategies. To date, there is limited research data on back pain among young adults in Malaysia despite an increasing incidence of this disabling condition worldwide. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the incidence of low back pain (LBP) and associated factors among health science undergraduates. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to full time students of a main public university. One hundred and forty undergraduates; mean age 21.4±1.3 years, 70% female, 60% in year 3 of study, participated in the survey. The results showed that 31% spent between 6 and 8 h and another 31% spent more than 9 h sitting in a day. Twelve percent of the undergraduates rated their fitness level as ‘poor’. The incidence of LBP was 40.3% among the undergraduates. LBP incidence was associated with age (X2=12.1, p=0.007), years of study (X2=8.7, p=0.03), self-rated physical fitness (X2=7.0, p=0.02) and hours spent sitting (X2 =8.7, p=0.03). Gender, body mass index and hours spent in sports and physical activity were not associated with LBP. The findings from this study demonstrate that physical fitness and sitting duration is associated with low back pain among health science undergraduates. Health science undergraduates should improve their physical fitness, practice frequent breaks and stretching during sitting. This will help to minimize LBP related to decreased fitness levels and prolonged sitting. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/1/12_Nor_Azlin_Mohd_Nordin.pdf Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, and Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, and Lim, Kanglun (2014) Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates. Sains Malaysiana, 43 (3). pp. 423-428. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Identification of associated risk factors is important to enable successful implementation of low back pain prevention strategies. To date, there is limited research data on back pain among young adults in Malaysia despite an increasing incidence of this disabling condition worldwide. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to determine the incidence of low back pain (LBP) and associated factors among health science undergraduates. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to full time students of a main public university. One hundred and forty undergraduates; mean age 21.4±1.3 years, 70% female, 60% in year 3 of study, participated in the survey. The results showed that 31% spent between 6 and 8 h and another 31% spent more than 9 h sitting in a day. Twelve percent of the undergraduates rated their fitness level as ‘poor’. The incidence of LBP was 40.3% among the undergraduates. LBP incidence was associated with age (X2=12.1, p=0.007), years of study (X2=8.7, p=0.03), self-rated physical fitness (X2=7.0, p=0.02) and hours spent sitting (X2 =8.7, p=0.03). Gender, body mass index and hours spent in sports and physical activity were not associated with LBP. The findings from this study demonstrate that physical fitness and sitting duration is associated with low back pain among health science undergraduates. Health science undergraduates should improve their physical fitness, practice frequent breaks and stretching during sitting. This will help to minimize LBP related to decreased fitness levels and prolonged sitting.
format	Article
author	Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Lim, Kanglun
spellingShingle	Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Lim, Kanglun Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
author_facet	Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, Lim, Kanglun
author_sort	Nor Azlin Mohd Nordin,
title	Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
title_short	Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
title_full	Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
title_fullStr	Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed	Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
title_sort	low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2014
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6928/1/12_Nor_Azlin_Mohd_Nordin.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:48:16Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:48:16Z
_version_	1777406046506057728

Low back pain and associated risk factors among health science undergraduates

Similar Items