The Prevalence of low back pain in Africa: a systematic review

Louw, Quinette A; Morris, Linzette D; Grimmer-Somers, Karen

doi:10.1186/1471-2474-8-105

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 Summary of reviewed studies (Q = questionnaire, E = examination, NM = not mentioned, F = female, M = male

From: The Prevalence of low back pain in Africa: a systematic review

Study	Country	Study design	Tool	Urban or rural	Setting	Sample size	Population	Age:Yrs	Gender	Response rate
Mulimba 1990¹⁹	Nairobi	Retrospective	E	Urban	Private clinic	2201	Ortho patients	11–75	F/M	NM
Bezzaoucha 1992²¹	Algiers	Survey	Q	Rural	Community	6956	Residents	15 +	F/M	NM
Bwanahali et al 1992²²	Zaire	Retrospective	Q	Rural	Hospital	169	OPD patients		F/M	NM
Harris 1993²⁰	South Africa	Survey	Q	Urban	Clubs	110	Cricketers	15–35	M	90
Schierhout et al 1993²⁹	South Africa	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	155	Factory workers	NM	F/M	100
Mijiyawa et al 2000²⁴	Togo	Retrospective	Q	Rural	Hospital	9065	OPD patients	17–94	F/M	100
Omokhodion et al 2000²⁵	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	Q	Rural	Hospital	74	Hospital staff	20–60	F/M	93
Worku 2000¹¹	South Africa	Retrospective	Q	Rural	Community	4001	Mothers	NM	F	100
Wallner-Scholtfeldt et al 2000³⁰	South Africa	Survey	Q	Urban	Work	196	Workers	23–59	M	64
Omokhodion 2002²⁶	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	Q	Rural	Houses	900	Residents	20–85	F/M	100
Mbaye et al 2000²³	Senegal	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	69	Workers		M	NM
Omokhodion et al 2003¹⁵	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	1285	Office workers	20–60	F/M	66
Igumbor et al 2003³¹	Zimbabwe	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	198	Physiotherapists	23–76	F/M	72
Omokhodion 2004¹⁶	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Community	474	Residents	20–82	F/M	100
Govender 2004³²	South Africa	Survey	Q	Urban	Hospital	320	Nurses	20–62	F/M	68
Puckree et al 2004³³	South Africa	Survey	Q	Urban	Schools	320	Scholars	11–14	F/M	55
Prista et al 2004²⁷	Mozambique	Survey	Q	Rural/urban	Schools	204	Scholars	11–16	F/M	85
Fabunmi et al 2005⁴¹	Nigeria	Survey	Q	Rural	Farms	500	Farmers	25–84	F/M	100
Sanya et al 2005⁴²	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Industry	604	Industrial workers	20–60	F/M	53
Bejia (Adol) et al 2005³⁴	Tunisia	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Schools	622	Scholars	11–19	F/M	98
Jordaan et al 2005²⁸	South Africa	Cross sectional	Q	Rural/Urban	Schools	1123	Scholars	13–18	F/M	89
Adedoyin et al 2005³⁵	Nigeria	Survey	Q	Urban	Universities	1115	Computer users	NM	F/M	93
Bejia (hosp) et al 2005³⁶	Tunisia	Survey	Q	Urban	Hospital	350	Hospital staff	18–60	F/M	100
Van Vuuren et al 2005³⁷	South Africa	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	109	Workers	NM	M	96
Galukande et al 2005³⁸	Uganda	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Hospital	204	Outpatients	19–86	F/M	100
Van Vuuren et al 2005³⁹	South Africa	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	366	Workers	NM	NM	100
Van Vuuren et al 2006⁴⁰	South Africa	Cross-sectional	Q	Urban	Work	366	Workers	NM	M	100

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