Abstract:
Purpose: To identify the prevalence of low back pain among the cutting and finishing
operators in garment factory. Objectives: To explore the socio-demographic
information (age, educational background, living area) of the affected group; to
establish the prevalence of low back pain by age and sex; to identify the pain ratio
among cutting and finishing operators; to determine more affected age group, to
measure the severity of pain by using Visual Analog Scale; to identify the available
treatment received by the LBP affected patients; to find out the absenteeism due to
pain, to identify the risk factor of low back pain among the cutting and finishing
operators. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 150 samples
were selected conveniently for this study from the Delta Composite knitting Industries
Limited. Data was collected by using mixed type of questionnaire. Descriptive
statistic was used for data analysis which focused through pie chart and bar chart.
Result: The finding of the study was that 36% cutting and finishing operators suffered
from LBP. Most of them had been suffered from moderate (51%) LBP. Among 36%
cutting and finishing operators 56% cutting operators and 44% finishing operators
suffered from LBP. Among 36% cutting and finishing operators who suffered from
LBP took different kinds of treatment, among them 72% took medication, 4% took
physiotherapy and 24% do not took any treatment for their LBP. Conclusion: From
this study it could conclude that cutting operators are more vulnerable to LBP than
finishing operators. This study could help the general population who had risk of LBP, the researcher for further study and the physiotherapist to treat the LBP
accurately.
