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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of Low back pain in office workers due to sitting.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2019 to January 2020 and consisted of office workers from Government and Private Offices of Nawabshah and Larkana. Data was collected from 250 males and female office workers, included through convenient sampling technique. Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire and Numeric pain Rating Scale was used to collect data regarding low back pain in office workers due to sitting.
Results: Out of 250 participants1 63(65.2%) reported low back pain, whereas 87(34.8%) did not feel back pain. 31(12.4%) got Hospitalized for their low back condition, whereas 134(53%) did not. People who changed their job due to low back pain were 28(11.2%) and people who did not changed the job were 136(54. 4%). People who had pain last in 17 days 102(40.8%) due to work activity. While 115(46.0%) faced normal activity limitation during last 12 months. While only 64(25.6%) concerned it to the Doctor or physiotherapist, while 98(39.0%) people had back pain in last 7 days. While 82(32.8%) people marked mild pain on Numeric Pain Ratting Scale. We also analyzed comparison in sitting duration and low back pain that showed participants who sit for 7- 10 hours reported low back pain.
Conclusion: According to Our study we determined the High prevalence of low back pain among office workers of Nawabshah and Larkana cities. We also analyzed comparison of sitting duration and occurrence of low back pain that showed the participants who sit for 7-10 hours reported low back pain.