Prevalence of Low Back Pain and Its Risk Factors Among School Teachers (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION The issue of musculoskeletal problems in adult population is overwhelming. A study in Canada and North America proved that low back pain was the leading cause of disability and morbidity in middle-aged person which was by far the most expensive source of workers' compensation costs (Manga et al., 1993). Low back pain is very common that almost half of the adult population suffered from low back pain which last for more than 24 h at times during the year (Tessa, 2010) and often causes lost workdays (Guo et al., 1999). About 11.6% out of 2600 populations in a semirural area, Malaysia were diagnosed with low back pain problem (Veerapen et al., 2007). Low back pain does not only signify poor quality of individuals' life, but also showed decreased in labor productivity due to off-work, absenteeism and early retirement (Tsuboi et al., 2002).