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Prevalence of life-time back pain in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Yosra Azizpoor1   , Farajollah Hemmati1 , Koroush Sayehmiri 2 |
1- Ilam University of Medical Sciences
2- Ilam University of Medical Sciences , sayehmiri @razi.tums.ac |
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Abstract: (12278 Views) |
| Background and Objectives: Nowadays, Back pain as a multi-causal phenomenon is considered a major problem in most communities. It may be caused as a result of various factors such as: psychological, social and ergonomic sicknesses. There is no available exact statistical report on the prevalence of back pain in Iran. The aim of this study was to estimate the-life time prevalence of back pain in Iran using systematic review besides meta-analysis.
Method of analysis: Twenty research papers were obtained using the keywords "prevalence of low-back pain and back pain " through the nationally available databases of Magiran-MEDLIBE-SID-IRANMEDEX and English databases of Pubmed - Google Scholar-Scopus .Analysis of data's was performed using meta-analysis (random model effects). Heterogeneity among the studies was investigated using the I2 test.
Results: The prevalence of life-time back pain with a sample size of 5670 patients in all the 20 papers estimated 51 %( 95% CI: 40/1-61/8). Prevalence of lifetime back pain among the medical staff with an average of 54/6% (95% CI: 42/9-66/3) was more than that the other social groups. The highest and lowest prevalence rates of back pain were observed in Mazandaran and Southern Iran, with an average of 84/1% and 13%, respectively. The highest prevalence went for the age groups of 15-45> with an average of 54/2% (95% CI: 42/6-65/9).
Conclusion: The findings indicated that back pain must be considered a social problem. Therefore the health authorities are asked to inform people through media and other communicative means of approaches to prevent and decrease the possible outbreak of such a disease.
Received: Nov 20, 2012 Accepted: Sep 10, 2013
Conflict of interest: None declared |
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| Keywords: Prevalence, Lifetime back-pain, Meta-analysis |
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Type of Study: Original Research |
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Received: 2013/12/19 | Accepted: 2013/12/19 | Published: 2013/12/19
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