PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF BACK PAIN AMONG WORKERS IN RIYADH PROVINCES

Background Back pain is indeed a common issue among both adults and adolescents. Worldwide adult up to 23% suffer from chronic LBP (LBP). Saudi Arabia stats showed the same prevalence of LBP trends among general population was estimated to be 18.8% which is the board line of severity of the disease per annum. In order to nd out the Prevalence and risk factors of back pain among workers of Saudi Arabia, this study determined the age group with high prevalence of back pain in workers in Riyadh provinces. In addition, the most common risk factor of back pain in workers in Riyadh provinces was also be targeted to nd out. Method This cross-sectional study was conducted at College of Medicine, Dawadmi (Shaqra University) in Riyadh Provinces of Saudi Arabia over the period of 2 months i.e. Sep to Oct 2022. All the Street Cleaner Workers were targeted randomly on volunteer basis as a study subject. Further, the screen time was selected on the availability at the street during their working time from 5 am to 9 am. Result Out of 150 respondents, 60.7% patient were married with the highest group of age 25-30 years. Mean height of the respondents were 168.53 cm with range of 195 cm to 144 cm, mean weight were 67.11 Kg with range of 90 Kg to 50 Kg, and mean Body Mass Index was 23.657 with range of 33.9 to 18.2. The study of the relationship between smoking and back pain was revealed that there is no such contribution of habit of smoking of street cleaners with the back pain. Conclusion Age, Marital status, More than 8 Working Hrs. and BMI factors contribute to the high prevalence of BP in the Saudi community living in Riyadh. it underscores the importance of public health efforts to address LBP and its associated risk factors.