Prevalence of low back pain in college students: A cross sectional study

Abstract

Low back pain is a very common health problem worldwide and a major cause of disability-affecting performance at work and general well-being. Low back pain can be acute, sub-acute, or chronic. Though several risk factors have been identified (including occupational posture, depressive moods, obesity, body height and age), the causes of the onset of low back pain remain obscure and diagnosis difficult to make. Back pain is not a disease but a constellation of symptoms. The subjects will be enrolled by convenience sampling of students from college. The data collected will include demographic data such as Name, Age, Sex, Contact information. Clinical data will include height, weight and BMI. Other clinical data are collected as subjective and objective measures. Out of 50 male college students 12 members had regular back pain & out of 50 female college students 10 members had back pain. In the present study, commonest risk factors associated with lower back pain are lack of physical activity followed by depression, smoking and alcohol.