Prevalence and Factors Associated with Low Back Pain among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Abstract

This study investigated the prevalence and associated factors of low back pain (LBP) among T2DM. LBP was assessed using the Standardized Nordic Questionnaire, Wong-Baker Face Pain Scale for pain intensity and disability level was evaluated using the Revised Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire. 55.3% of the T2DM participants suffered LBP in the last 12 months. Employment status (Χ2=4.088, p=0.043), education level (Χ2=8.572, p=0.018) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) level (Χ2=6.381, p=0.041) were significantly associated with the occurrence of LBP. The current study found that the prevalence of LBP was high among T2DM patients. Keywords: Low back pain; type 2 diabetes mellitus; prevalence; disability eISSN: 2398-4287 © 2022. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under the responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians), and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7i21.3702