Spine-related Behavior among a sample of Students regarding Backpack Carrying | ||
| International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention | ||
| Article 6, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 387-392 PDF (274.84 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Research | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/ijmpp.5.3.387 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zahra Akbari-Chehrehbargh1; Sedigheh Sadat Tavafian* 1; Ali Montazeri2 | ||
| 1Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 2Health Metrics Research Center, Iranian Institutes for Health Sciences Research, ACECR, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: Back pain is one of the most important public health problems among students especially among who carrying backpack to school. The aim of this study was to assess healthy spine-related behavior among these students. Instruments and Method: A descriptive study was conducted on a random sample of students attending public elementary schools in Tehran, Iran. The students completed a questionnaire containing items on cognitive abilities sections of knowledge, outcome expectation beliefs, self- efficacy companied with a checklist to assess their skills on back care behaviors. The last section was about items regarding back care behaviors. All collected data entered to SPSS version 24 and analyzed. Findings: In all, 204 students were entered into the study. The Mean (SD) of knowledge, Outcome expectation beliefs, Self- efficacy, Skills and Back care behaviors were as 4.71 ±1.40; 20.48 ± 6.44; 13.89 ± 4.44; 65.84 ± 16.16; and 20.94 ± 6.65 respectively. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that the probably influencing factors on back care behaviors were not in optimal status. Accordingly, doing multi-central causative studies to confirm the results is strongly recommended. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Knowledge; Outcome Expectation Belief; self-efficacy; Skill; Back-related behavior; Student | ||
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