Table 3 Prevalence of low back pain in Iranian nurses according to demographic variables
From: Prevalence of low back pain in Iranian nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Variables | Prevalence (%) | Confidence Interval (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
lower | upper | |||
Age | ||||
< 45 year | 54.5 | 44.1 | 65 | 0.0001 |
> 45 year | 66 | 63.7 | 68.3 | 0.0001 |
Gender | ||||
Female | 60.4 | 52.2 | 68.6 | 0.0001 |
Male | 58.7 | 35.8 | 81.7 | 0.0001 |
Marital status | ||||
Single | 71.3 | 67.7 | 75 | 0.0001 |
Married | 74.2 | 69 | 79.4 | 0.0001 |
Work experience | ||||
1–10 | 53 | 28.8 | 77.2 | 0.0001 |
11–20 | 58.3 | 23.6 | 93 | 0.001 |
21–30 | 60 | 15 | 104.9 | 0.009 |
BMI | ||||
< 20 | 48.2 | 35.3 | 61.1 | 0.0001 |
20–25 | 56.4 | 37 | 75.8 | 0.0001 |
25–30 | 65.2 | 50 | 80.4 | 0.0001 |
> 30 | 72.7 | 43.7 | 101.7 | 0.0001 |
Nursing job | ||||
Wards nurses | 59.5 | 53.3 | 65.7 | 0.0001 |
Operating room technicians | 50.3 | 39 | 61.6 | 0.0001 |
Aids | 39.4 | 19.9 | 58.9 | 0.0001 |
Smoking status | ||||
Yes | 61.1 | 39.6 | 82.7 | 0.0001 |
No | 73.6 | 68.8 | 78.5 | 0.0001 |