Review Article
Prevalence of Self-Reported Work-Related Lower Back Pain and Its Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Characteristics of the included studies, part one: publication year, setting, population, region, and design of the study.
| | Authors | Year | Study setting and population | Region | Design |
| | Wami et al. [57] | 2019 | Hotel housekeepers | Amhara | C/S | | Mekonnen [58] | 2019 | Public hospital nurses | Oromia | C/S | | Mekonnen [59] | 2019 | Barbers | Amhara | C/S | | Abebe et al. [60] | 2015 | Hospital staff | Oromia | C/S | | Abebaw et al. [61] | 2018 | Governmental primary schools | AA | C/S | | Yosef et al. [62] | 2019 | Long-distance truck drivers, Modjo dry port | AA | C/S | | Kebede et al. [63] | 2019 | Primary school teachers | Tigray | C/S | | Beyen et al. [64] | 2013 | Primary and secondary school teachers | Amhara | C/S | | Belay et al. [65] | 2016 | Public hospitals | AA | C/S | | Wanamo et al. [66] | 2017 | Taxi drivers | AA | C/S | | Assefa [67] | 2017 | Hospital nurses | AA | C/S | | Tefera et al. [68] | 2019 | Traditional young weavers | SNNPR and AA | C/S | | Tafese [69] | 2018 | Ammunition engineering industry workers | Oromia | C/S | | Tafese et al. [70] | 2018 | Garment industry workers | Oromia | C/S | | Assefa [71] | 2017 | Metal and engineering industry welders | AA | C/S | | Yitayeh et al. [72] | 2015 | Governmental health institution nurses | Amhara | C/S | | Lamina et al. [73] | 2009 | Hospital nurses | Oromia | C/S | | Henok and Bekele [74] | 2017 | Backloading women | SNNPR | C/S | | Lette et al. [75] | 2019 | Building construction workers | Oromia | C/S | | Girma [76] | 2014 | Selected garment workers | AA | C/S | | Bedru [77] | 2016 | Female beauty salon hair dressers | AA | C/S | | Etana [78] | 2019 | Banks workers | Oromia | C/S | | Regassa et al. [79] | 2018 | Public hospital nurses | Oromia | C/S | | Hailu [80] | 2018 | Bishoftu automotive industry workers | Oromia | C/S | | Zungu and Nigatu [81] | 2015 | Ethiopian airlines aircraft technicians | AA | C/S | | Deksisa et al. [82] | 2019 | Low back pain patients in health institutions | Oromia | C/C | | Yehualaw [83] | 2017 | Public and private hospitals nurses | AA | C/S | | Teklu [84] | 2017 | Cobble stone workers | AA | C/S | | Mijena et al. [85] | 2020 | Public hospital nurses | Harari and DD | C/S | | Abir et al. [86] | 2017 | Woreda offices workers | Amhara | C/S | | Jeon and Jeon [87] | 2017 | Rural community farmers | Tigray | C/S | | Delele et al. [88] | 2018 | Elementary school children | Amhara | C/S |
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AA: Addis Ababa; DD: Dire Dawa; SNNPR: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region; C/S: cross-sectional; C/C: case control.
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