TY - JOUR JF - HBI_Journals JO - SJKU VL - 18 IS - 4 PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/12/01 TI - Prevalence of life-time back pain in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis TT - بررسی میزان شیوع کمر درد در طی زندگی در ایران: مطالعه مرور سیستماتیک و متاآنالیز N2 - 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 SP - 102 EP - 112 AU - Azizpoor, Yosra AU - Hemmati, Farajollah AU - Sayehmiri, Koroush AD - Ilam University of Medical Sciences KW - Prevalence KW - Lifetime back-pain KW - Meta-analysis UR - http://sjku.muk.ac.ir/article-1-1193-en.html ER -