Table 2.
Factors associated with point prevalence of low back pain in the bivariate analysis
| Prevalence | χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program | 9.194 | 0.002 | |
| Medicine | 9.3% | ||
| Physiotherapy | 19.8% | ||
| Gender | 4.911 | 0.027 | |
| Male | 8.2% | ||
| Female | 16.9% | ||
| Age | 1.376 | 0.711 | |
| 17–19 | 11.6% | ||
| 20–21 | 15.7% | ||
| 22–23 | 15.7% | ||
| ≥24 | 17.1% | ||
| Phase of program | 7.013 | 0.008 | |
| Until 4th semester | 10.6% | ||
| Over 5th semester | 19.9% | ||
| Tobacco | 0.274 | 0.600 | |
| No | 14.2% | ||
| Ex-smoker or smoker | 17.9% | ||
| BMI | 0.282 | 0.869 | |
| <20 | 13.5% | ||
| 20–25 | 15.6% | ||
| >25 | 14.5% | ||
| Depression | 2.186 | 0.139 | |
| BDI ≤ 14 | 13.2% | ||
| BDI > 14 | 26.7% | ||
| Physical activity level | 3.761 | 0.153 | |
| Low | 20.0% | ||
| Moderate | 11.0% | ||
| High | 16.9% |