Table 4.

The 12 month prevalence of LBP among Botswana teachers in relation to physical and psychosocial factors

Risk factorsa	% with LBP	P value
Much physical effort		0.012
No	51.3
Yes	58.5
Lift heavy loads		0.832
No	55.4
Yes	57.3
Rapid physical activity		<0.001
No	51.2
Yes	62.2
Awkward body position		<0.001
No	52.2
Yes	64.6
Awkward arm position		<0.001
No	51.4
Yes	66.9
Decision latitude		0.275
No	59.7
Yes	54.7
Psychosocial job demands		0.015
Low	48.9
High	57.4
Job insecurity		0.388
Low	54.9
High	58.3
Co-worker support		0.105
Low	60.9
High	54.7
Supervisor support		0.394
Low	58.1
High	54.6
Social support		0.897
Low	56.9
High	55.5
Job dissatisfaction		0.017
Low	51.7
High	58.6

^aStatistical associations between independent variables and LBP were evaluated using chi-squared. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) are marked in bold.