PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS FOR LOW BACK PAIN IN NURSING STAFFS OF TABRIZ HOSPITALS IN 1387

Low Back Pain (LBP) imposes heavy expenditure on society and causes many disabilities in community. Occupational factors are included as a part of the most important risk factors of LBP. The nursing has relation with LBP، and it is one of the most common complaints of them. This investigation is performed in Tabriz Training – Therapeutic hospitals to determine the prevalence of LBP in nursing personnel. This investigation is a cross sectional study، and its information is collected by using questionnaires. The environmental occupational factors، demographic characteristics and quality of LBP are evaluated in these questionnaires. We used «Oswestry Disability” for evaluation of disability due to LBP. The prevalence of LBP in nursing personnel was 70. 8% in this investigation and the disability rate due to LBP was mild. Having very ill patients، having unsuitable job environment، working with bad physical condition and doing additional works because of physical deficit of coworkers، are related with the prevalence of LBP. Demographic characteristics don’t have any relation with LBP. In this research we find that it is necessary to evaluate the mental health and it’s relation with LBP in nursing personnel. Determining of LBP nature based on the physical examination and imaging study and further evaluation of LBP prevalence among auxiliary nurses in future investigations are recommended.