Prevalence of Back Pain in Surat Metropolitan Transport Corporation Bus Drivers – a Cross Sectional Survey

The study had been conducted with the aim to find out the association between position of seating in back pain of bus drivers and prevalence of low back pain. The occurrence of low back pain in bus drivers is a burden for the society. So this study on prevalence of low back pain in bus drivers open a new prospective in the field of occupational hazards and th5e means of prevention and rehabilitation. The objective of this study is to determine the correlation between the existing seating system and the prevalence low back pain in SMTC bus drivers.

The study had been conducted on 100 bus drivers who satisfy the inclusion criteria. The subjects were selected by convenience sampling technique from the bus depot around Surat. The data were collected through a validated questionnaire about seating system and Oswestry disability Index questionnaire was used to assess the prevalence of low back pain, which is disabling them to continue their work. The subjects were instructed to fill up the questionnaire and the data were collected and analyzed.

Out of the total population of 100 subjects the result shows the prevalence of back pain in the SMTC bus drivers, which shows 44% of subjects does not suffer from any low back symptoms at the moment.53% of subjects suffer from mild low back symptoms at the moment whereas only 3% suffer from moderate low back symptoms at the moment.

The results of this study show that there is significant association between the bus drivers and low back pain.