• Münevver Aybüke Berber and İlkay Güngör Satılmış.
• Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey. Electronic address: aybukeberber@hotmail.com.
• Pain Manag Nurs. 2020 Dec 1; 21 (6): 579-586.

BackgroundLow back pain is a common problem experienced during pregnancy, negatively affecting quality of life.AimsThe study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of low back pain during pregnancy and its effects on the quality of life.DesignThis was a descriptive and cross-sectional study.SettingsIts setting was the Kastamonu State Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology clinics.Participants/SubjectsThe study consisted of 400 pregnant women.MethodsThe sample consisted of 400 pregnant women. Data were collected using an introductory information form, a back pain evaluation form, the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).ResultsIn terms of back pain, 75.3% of the participants experienced back pain during their current pregnancy. The mean VAS score for back pain during their current pregnancy was 4.91±1.88. Low back pain was generally experienced in the third trimester (85.5%) and in the lumbar area (45.5%). Factors associated with low back pain included income status, trimester, gestational weight gain, frequent urinary tract infections, a hunchback posture, having experienced low back pain during previous pregnancies, and a history of low back pain. The mean percentage score on the ODI, which assesses the effect of low back pain on functional status, was 31.87% ± 15.56%, and for the majority of the participants (45.7%), low back pain was found to slightly limit their activities of daily living.ConclusionsThe prevalence of low back pain in pregnancy is quite high, and low back pain slightly limits women's activities of daily living.Copyright © 2020 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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