Prevalence of Lumbago in Construction Workers of Lahore: A cross-sectional Study
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https://doi.org/10.71395/ijhp.1.4.2024.53-58Abstract
Background and Objectives: Building industry is the most important and main industry of the world in field of construction. Jobs that are either actually hard or need repetitive lifting are a high threat for back ache. The
construction workers are at risk of such musculoskeletal injuries. The main objective of the study is to find out the prevalence of lumbago in construction workers of Lahore.
METHODOLOGY: Cross- sectional study was conducted to determine the frequency of lumbago in construction workers. The total participants were 100 of age between 20 to 40 years. Data was collected from the construction sites in Lahore. Structured questionnaire was used in data collection. Simple non probability convenient sampling technique was used to collect the data.
RESULTS: There were total 100 participants, out of them 72% (n=72) participants have lumbar discomfort and 28% (n=28) participants were without lumbar discomfort.45% (n=45) were those who had no radiation of pain on either side and 55% (n=55) are those who had radiating back pain. Pain and incorrect posture are negatively correlated (r value -0.92).
CONCLUSION: Lumbago is highly prevalent in construction workers. Working position and long working hours are strong contributing factors in lumbago. Poor posture and pain are negatively correlated (p value <0.05 and r value is -0.92). The overall prevalence of lumbago among the construction workers in studied population is about 72%.
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