Non-specific low back pain: occupational or lifestyle consequences?

Summary Background Nursing occupation was identified as a risk occupation for the development of low back pain (LBP). The aim of our study was to find out how much occupational factors influence the development of LBP in hospital nursing personnel. Patients and methods Non-experimental approach with a cross-sectional survey and statistical analysis. Nine hundred questionnaires were distributed among nursing personnel, 663 were returned and 659 (73.2 %) were considered for the analysis. Univariate and multivariate statistics for LBP risk was calculated by the binary logistic regression. The χ 2 , influence factor, 95 % confidence interval and P value were calculated. Multivariate binary logistic regression was calculated by the Wald method to omit insignificant variables. Results Not performing exercises represented the highest risk for the development of LBP (OR 2.8, 95 % CI 1.7–4.4; p 10 kg (OR 2.4, 95 % CI 1.5–3.8; p