Zamri, Eva Nabiha and Hoe, Victor Chee Wai and Moy, Foong Ming (2020) Predictors of low back pain among secondary school teachers in Malaysia: a longitudinal study. Industrial Health, 58 (3). pp. 254-264. ISSN 0019-8366, DOI https://doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2019-0106.
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Low back pain (LBP) is prevalent among workers both in developed and developing countries. School teachers represent a high proportion of the working population in Malaysia. However, there is a lack of longitudinal study on predictors and course of LBP among teachers. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the predictors and course of LBP among secondary school teachers. Longitudinal data of 701 teachers in Selangor, Malaysia were collected from May 2015 to October 2016. Associations between predictors and LBP were analysed using logistic regression and reported as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). At 12-month of follow-up, 44% (95%CI: 40.6%, 48.0%) of the participants reported having LBP. In the regression model that included all risk factors, only LBP at baseline (OR 10.43, 95%CI: 6.19, 17.58) was associated with LBP at 12-month follow-up. When LBP at baseline was removed from the model, anxiety symptom (OR 2.51, 95%CI: 1.19, 5.30) and lifting heavy weights (OR 4.16, 95%CI: 1.40, 12.30) were found to be significantly associated with LBP at 12-month follow-up. In conclusion, issues on anxiety and lifting heavy weights should be addressed to reduce the occurrence of LBP despite the presence of health condition itself (LBP at baseline). © 2020 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Postgraduate Research Grant (PPP) Grant (UM.0001177/HRU.PR) from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Anxiety; Longitudinal; Low back pain; Malaysia; Teachers |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Feb 2021 06:31 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2021 06:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25713 |
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