How Iranian Individuals who Suffered from Low Back Pain Describe their Disabilities? A descriptive study from Zanjan, Iran

These disorders are frequently cause inability that limits the performances and productivity of the suffered  people. This study aimed to explore how  Iranian low back pain suffered describe their disabilities.

Method and Materials: 

This research is a descriptive study by which the studied participants who suffered from low back pain described how they were disable to do their daily activities. To do this study, the written consent form   were signed by the participants if they were satisfied to be studied. Then these participant were provided with demographic and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Six sections of this questionnaire which were related to usual daily activities were completed by the participants. Completed data were entered into the SPSS and analyzed through descriptive statistics.

In this study 238 eligible participants including 159 female with mean age of (40.06±13.22) and 79 male with mean age of (35.56±16.12) be studied. According the finding of this study majority of the participants stated that they suffered from pain and due disability regarding daily activity such as lifting, walking, siting, standing,  and personal care.

This study showed the majority of Iranian participants suffered from disability for doing their daily activities due to their low back pain. Therefor, doing further researches to verify the results and designing proper intervention is strongly recommended.