Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995

A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of back pain among the bus drivers and office workers in a Bus company in Kelantan for the year 1994. A total of 321 employees from 350 employees were interviewed. This includes 241 bus drivers and 80 office workers who were interview...

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Main Authors:	Azmi Hassan, K.G. Rampal
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Language:	English
Published:	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4497/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4497/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4497/1/Vol12%281%29-Rizal.pdf

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spelling	ukm-44972016-12-14T06:36:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4497/ Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995 Azmi Hassan, K.G. Rampal, A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of back pain among the bus drivers and office workers in a Bus company in Kelantan for the year 1994. A total of 321 employees from 350 employees were interviewed. This includes 241 bus drivers and 80 office workers who were interviewed With the use of questionnaire. From this study the prevalence of back pain among the express bus drivers was 50.8%, short distance bus driver was,60.8% and among office worker was 41.3%. For the three groups most back pain was mild (64.3%, 39.8% and 87,.0% ,respectively ). Moderate back pain occured in 28.6% of express bus drivers, 39.8% of short distance bus drivers and 12.1 % of office workers. The prevalence of severe back pain was found to be more in short distance bus drivers( 20.5% ) compared with express bus drivers and office workers (20.5%, 7.1% and 0.0%, respectively).hl three groups most subjects had low back pain (42.9%, 25.3% and 48.5%, respectively). However majority of short distance bus drivers were found to experience low back pain, neck pain and mid back pain together (32.2%). The prevalence of back pain among bus drivers was significantly associated with an uncomfortable seat (X2=23.3 d.f=2, p<0.05). The mean duration of time spent driving per day was significantly different for drivers with back pain as compared to drivers without back pain (9.1 ± 2.9 hours as compares to 8.3 ± 1.8). There was a significant association between prevalence of back pain and time spent on driving (X2=7.1 d.f =2 ,P<0.05). The mean distance of driving for drivers with back pain was not statistically different (p >0.05) as compared to drivers without back pain (302.0 ± 133.4 km as compared to 277.7 ± 136.0 km). Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4497/1/Vol12%281%29-Rizal.pdf Azmi Hassan, and K.G. Rampal, (2006) Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=144&issue=Vol12(1):2006
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description	A cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of back pain among the bus drivers and office workers in a Bus company in Kelantan for the year 1994. A total of 321 employees from 350 employees were interviewed. This includes 241 bus drivers and 80 office workers who were interviewed With the use of questionnaire. From this study the prevalence of back pain among the express bus drivers was 50.8%, short distance bus driver was,60.8% and among office worker was 41.3%. For the three groups most back pain was mild (64.3%, 39.8% and 87,.0% ,respectively ). Moderate back pain occured in 28.6% of express bus drivers, 39.8% of short distance bus drivers and 12.1 % of office workers. The prevalence of severe back pain was found to be more in short distance bus drivers( 20.5% ) compared with express bus drivers and office workers (20.5%, 7.1% and 0.0%, respectively).hl three groups most subjects had low back pain (42.9%, 25.3% and 48.5%, respectively). However majority of short distance bus drivers were found to experience low back pain, neck pain and mid back pain together (32.2%). The prevalence of back pain among bus drivers was significantly associated with an uncomfortable seat (X2=23.3 d.f=2, p<0.05). The mean duration of time spent driving per day was significantly different for drivers with back pain as compared to drivers without back pain (9.1 ± 2.9 hours as compares to 8.3 ± 1.8). There was a significant association between prevalence of back pain and time spent on driving (X2=7.1 d.f =2 ,P<0.05). The mean distance of driving for drivers with back pain was not statistically different (p >0.05) as compared to drivers without back pain (302.0 ± 133.4 km as compared to 277.7 ± 136.0 km).
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title	Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995
title_short	Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995
title_full	Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995
title_fullStr	Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995
title_sort	prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in kelantan darul naim, 1995
publisher	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2006
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Prevalence of back pain and risk factors among bus drivers in Kelantan Darul Naim, 1995

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