Review Article
Year: 2022 | Month: August | Volume: 12 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 89-96
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220812
Epidemiology of Low Back Pain among Information Technology Professionals Across India - A Systematic Review
Vaibhavi Rajesh Kulkarni1, Dr. Pradeep Borkar2
1,2 Department of Orthopaedic Physiotherapy,
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam College of Physiotherapy, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Maharashtra, India.
Corresponding Author: Vaibhavi R. Kulkarni (vaibhavi.kulkarni264@gmail.com)
ABSTRACT
Purpose of study: LBP has profound effects on well-being and is often cause of significant physical and psychological health impairments. It affects work performance, social responsibilities and is one of major cause of absenteeism at workplace. Use of computer substantially increased in working populations throughout the world. Studies have reported significant increase in prevalence of low back pain among IT professionals and its co-relation with faulty postures. Identifying epidemiology of low back pain will help therapist to plan prevention strategies for low back pain in IT professionals, hence study was aimed to study “Epidemiology of low back pain among IT professionals across India.’
Methodology:Systematic review was conducted from scientific electronic databases; PubMed, Embase, Medline, Google Scholar, Google Advance Search, Cochrane, Web of Science and critically analyzed entire relevant articles from February 2012 to February 2022 according to the nature of this study.Total articles search was 84, from which 9 were excluded on basis of duplicates. 38 were excluded as they were not meeting with inclusion criteria. 17 articles were selected for further methodological quality assessment on strobe scale. 10 out of 17 were included in qualitative synthesis.
Results & Conclusion: We found that in India near about 8% people lived with disability due to low back pain. Based on our analysis, most of the study stated high prevalence of low back pain among IT professionals. Prevalence was high in female and with increase in age. Low socioeconomic status, repetitive job, prolonged static posture, awkward posture, lack of job control, mental stress, working hours are some of the major risk factors found to be associated with LBP in IT professionals.
Key words: low back pain, IT professionals, Epidemiology, India..