Prevalence of low back pain among the overweight person

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the prevalence of low back pain among the overweight persons. Objectives:To explore the socio-demography (age, economical status, marital status, educational background, living area) of the affected group;to find the prevalence of low back pain by age and sex;to determine more affected age group, to assess the severity of pain by using Visual Analog Scale and to identify the behavior of pain.Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 75 samples were selected conveniently for this study from the Musculoskeletal unit of CRP. Data was collected by using mixed type of questionnaire. Descriptive statistic was used for data analysis which focused through table, pie chart and bar chart. Results: The finding of the study was that the 76% overweight persons suffered from LBP. Most of them had been suffered from moderate LBP with 54.4% were central LBP and 45.6 were radiated LBP, 40% participants felt constant BLP, 26.7% felt intermittent LBP and 9.3%occasional LBP. 98.2% overweight persons who suffered from LBP took different kinds of treatment, among them 77.2% took physiotherapy with other treatment for their LBP. Conclusion: From this study it could conclude that the overweight persons are more vulnerable to felt LBP. This study could help the general population who had risk of LBP, the researcher for further study and the physiotherapist to treat the LBP accurately.