• African health sciences · Dec 2022

    Knowledge, attitude, and perception of low back pain and activities that may prevent it among adolescents in Nigeria.

    • Bashir Bello, Abdulbaki Aminu, Auwal Abdullahi, Mukadas O Akindele, Ushotanefe Useh, and Aminu A Ibrahim.
    • Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria.
    • Afr Health Sci. 2022 Dec 1; 22 (4): 140147140-147.

    BackgroundAwareness of activities that may result in low back pain (LBP) among adolescents is fundamental in preventing adulthood LBP.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate adolescents' knowledge, attitude, and perception of LBP and activities that may prevent LBP in Kano, North-western, Nigeria.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional survey involving 400 school-going adolescents recruited using a multistage random sampling technique. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test with 0.05 set as level of significance.ResultsThe mean age of the respondents was 16.0±1.50 years. LBP annual prevalence was 34.2%, with more girls (31.1%) reporting having LBP compared to boys (28.4%). More than half (59.3%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of LBP and activities that may prevent it. However, they had a good attitude (63%) and perception (74%) of LBP and activities that may prevent it. There was no significant association of levels of knowledge, attitude, and perception of LBP and activities that may prevent LBP with gender, age, and class of study (p > 0.05).ConclusionAdolescents in Kano, North-western Nigeria had poor knowledge of LBP and activities that may prevent it. Therefore, there is a need to embark on an LBP prevention program among adolescents in Kano, North-western Nigeria.© 2022 Bello B et al.

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