Abstract
Background and Objectives: Low back pain is a multi factorial disorder which involves most active individuals of the society and leads to many social and economic problems. Many risk factors effect incidence and durability of low back pain, some of which could be changeable and reversible. This study tries to improve public health through both determining prevalence of low back pain among women of fertility age and clarification of related risk factors among young and middle age women.
Material and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among women in fertility age (15-49 years) in Tabriz. Tow hundred and fifty cases were selected from all health –treatment centers in Tabriz through two-staged randomized systematic method. The cases were completely satisfied from research and they had no excluding criteria. A questionnaire including demographic data, marital status, career, economic and social situation, smoking, exercise and presence of low back pain according to NHANES II was completed through a face to face interview. Then the cases’ weight, height and arm circumference were measured and their BMI were calculated. Finally the achieved data were analyzed by the statistical tests in SPSS software.
Results: Seventy one of cases reported a low back pain lasting more than two weeks. The prevalence of low back pain among the population under study was 28.4%. There was such a significant relation among marital status, number of pregnancy and delivery, career and smoking with prevalence of low back pain that aging and elevation the number of pregnancy and delivery, the prevalence of low back pain increases. As well, low back pain was more common in married women, smokers and housewives. There was no significant relation among height, weight, BMI, exercise program, level of calcium, phosphor and vitamin D with prevalence of low back pain.
Conclusion: Most of active women in fertility age are suffering from low back pain. Aging, marriage, house keeping, smoking, several pregnancy and delivery may effect on incidence of low back pain.