Review Article
Prevalence of Self-Reported Work-Related Lower Back Pain and Its Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 7
Comparison of low back pain prevalence of the current study with others.
| Author | | Walker [17] | Hoy [15] | Louw [18] | Morris [19] | Bello [89] | Current (based on the 24 included studies) | Country | | Global | Global | Africa | Africa | Nigeria | Ethiopia | | | | | Ado | Adult | | | Pooled | Mean |
| Point prevalence in % | M | — | 18.3 | 12 | 32 | 39 | 33.28 | 40.82 | 40.86 | L | 12 | 6.6 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 14.7 | 36.39 | 36.39 | H | 33 | 30 | 14 | 59 | 47 | 59.7s | 45.32 | 45.32 | Annual prevalence in % | M | — | 38 | 33 | 50 | 57 | 55.39 | 54.05 | 50.69 | L | 22 | 18.1 | 14 | — | 51 | 32.5 | 25.61 | 25.61 | H | 65 | 43.5 | — | 72 | 63 | 73.53 | 82.93 | 82.93 | Lifetime prevalence in % | M | — | 38.9 | 36 | 62 | 47 | 51.75 | — | — | L | 11 | 14.6 | 28 | — | 37 | 45.5 | — | — | H | 84 | 63.2 | — | 74 | 58 | 58 | — | — | Seven-day prevalence in % | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37.48 | 37.52 | L | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15.29 | 15.29 | H | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54.15 | 54.15 |
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Ado: adolescents; M: mean; L: lowest; H: highest; —: data not reported.
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