Table 5.
Relationships between low back pain and risk factors among nurses in KAUH over the past 12 months.
| Variables | Respondents with LBP |
Respondents without LBP | Contingency Coefficient | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Row-% | N | Row-% | |||
| Age | ||||||
| <30 | 29 | 85.3 | 5 | 14.7 | 0.005 | 0.998 |
| 30–40 | 90 | 85.7 | 15 | 14.3 | ||
| >40 | 47 | 85.5 | 8 | 14.5 | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 22 | 88.0 | 3 | 12.0 | 0.027 | 0.711 |
| Female | 144 | 85.2 | 25 | 14.8 | ||
| Nationality | ||||||
| Saudi | 20 | 95.2 | 1 | 4.8 | 0.095 | 0.182 |
| Non-Saudi | 146 | 84.4 | 27 | 15.6 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 43 | 91.5 | 4 | 8.5 | 0.106 | 0.532 |
| Married | 121 | 83.4 | 24 | 16.6 | ||
| Divorced | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Widow | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Education Level | ||||||
| Diploma | 79 | 84.0 | 15 | 16.0 | 0.068 | 0.633 |
| Bachelor | 83 | 86.5 | 13 | 13.5 | ||
| Post-graduate | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Co-morbid illness | ||||||
| Yes | 26 | 92.9 | 2 | 7.1 | 0.085 | 0.235 |
| No | 140 | 84.3 | 26 | 15.7 | ||
| Surgical history | ||||||
| Yes | 55 | 83.3 | 11 | 16.7 | 0.046 | 0.525 |
| No | 111 | 86.7 | 17 | 13.3 | ||
| Weight | ||||||
| Underweight | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.138 | 0.285 |
| Normal weight | 98 | 82.4 | 21 | 17.6 | ||
| Overweight | 54 | 88.5 | 7 | 11.5 | ||
| Obese | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Departments | ||||||
| Medical ward | 33 | 80.5 | 8 | 19.5 | 0.184 | 0.558 |
| Surgical ward | 34 | 94.4 | 2 | 5.6 | ||
| Operation rooms | 30 | 90.9 | 3 | 9.1 | ||
| Obstetrics & gyn. | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 28.6 | ||
| Delivery rooms | 11 | 91.7 | 1 | 8.3 | ||
| Intensive care unit | 19 | 82.6 | 4 | 17.4 | ||
| Coronary care unit | 7 | 87.5 | 1 | 12.5 | ||
| Pediatric ward | 21 | 80.8 | 5 | 19.2 | ||
| Day care unit | 6 | 75.0 | 2 | 25.0 | ||
| The Working hours per shift | ||||||
| >10 h | 127 | 86.4 | 20 | 13.6 | 0.042 | 0.562 |
| 8–10 h | 39 | 83.0 | 8 | 17.0 | ||
| Job experience (years of work) | ||||||
| <1 y | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.124 | 0.386 |
| 1–5 y | 30 | 83.3 | 6 | 16.7 | ||
| 6–10 y | 38 | 79.2 | 10 | 20.8 | ||
| >10 y | 96 | 88.9 | 12 | 11.1 | ||
| Manual lifting | ||||||
| Yes | 156 | 87.2 | 23 | 12.8 | 0.154 | 0.030 |
| No | 10 | 66.7 | 5 | 33.3 | ||
| Not enough staff | ||||||
| Yes | 114 | 89.1 | 14 | 10.9 | 0.137 | 0.054 |
| No | 52 | 78.8 | 14 | 21.2 | ||