Table 6.
Work-related factors associated with LBP among physicians in the last 12 months
| Low back pain | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No N = 77 N (%) | Yes N = 177 N (%) | ||
| Experience as physician (years) | |||
| ≤ 5 (n = 124) | 37 (29.8) | 78 (70.2) | 0.166 |
| 6-10 (n = 44) | 19 (43.2) | 25 (56.8) | |
| 11-15 (n = 33) | 9 (27.3) | 24 (72.7) | |
| > 15 (n = 53) | 12 (22.6) | 41 (77.4) | |
| Working days/week | |||
| ≤5 (n = 177) | 52 (29.4) | 125 (70.6) | 0.623 |
| >5 (n = 77) | 25 (32.5) | 52 (67.5) | |
| Working hours/day | |||
| < 8 (n = 12) | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | 0.730 |
| 8 (n = 148) | 41 (27.7) | 107 (72.3) | |
| > 8 (n=94) | 32 (34.0) | 62 (66.0) | |
| Specialty | |||
| Family medicine (n = 54) | 11 (20.4) | 43 (79.6) | 0.014 |
| Internal medicine (n = 17) | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.7) | |
| Pediatrics (n = 25) | 5 (20.0) | 20 (80.0) | |
| General surgery (n = 25) | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | |
| Obstetrics / Gynecology (n = 25) | 9 (36.0) | 16 (64.0) | |
| Dentistry (n = 10) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (60.0) | |
| Emergency Medicine (n = 9) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | |
| Psychiatry (n = 9) | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | |
| Orthopedics (n = 15) | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) | |
| Ophthalmology (n = 4) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100) | |
| Neurology (n = 7) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | |
| Preventive medicine (n = 7) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Radiology (n = 6) | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | |
| Nephrology (n = 7) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | |
| Oncology (n = 7) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | |
| ENT (n = 5) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | |
| Anaesthesia/Intensive care (n=9) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | |
| Others (n = 13) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | |
*
Chi-square test.