A Meta-Analysis on the Risk Factors of Low Back Pain in Health Workers

Abstract

Background: Low back pain is a common prob­lem in global health. Low back pain is very com­monly found with disabilities compared to other con­ditions. Complaints of the musculoskeletal sys­­­­tem are complaints in parts of the skeletal mus­cles that a person feels from very mild to very painful. There is a possible factor that can cause the occurrence of lower back pain in health wor­kers such as length of work in a day. This stu­dy aim­ed to analyze the length of work in a day for health workers. Subjects and Method: This was a meta-ana­ly­sis and systematic study using electronic data­bases of Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scho­lar, and Springer Link. The keywords for search­­ing articles were as follows: risk factor, low back pain, medical person, health workers, Cross Sec­­tional. The articles studied were full-text ar­ti­cles with cross-sectional study design. The arti­cles were collected using PRISMA diagrams and ana­lyzed using the ReviewManager 5.4. Results: Length of work by ³5 years (aOR=­1.­58; 95%­­CI=1.27 to 1.96; p<0.0001) was a factor that could increase the incidence of low back pain in health workers. The result was statistically sig­ni­fi­cant. Tenure of work by ≥6 hours in a day (aOR= ­1.53; 95%CI=0.71 to 3.29; p=0.28) was a factor that could increase the incidence of lower back pain in health workers. However, the result was sta­­tistically non-significant. Conclusion: Longer length of work/day increase the risk of lower back pain in health workers. Keyword s : tenure, low back pain, health workers Correspondence: Muh. Syaiful Akbar. Masters Program in Public Heal­th, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java. Email: asyaifulop@gmail.com. Mobile: 0823­25­0­70­569. Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 05(02): 237-244 https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020.05.02.11