Low Back Pain Among Employees of the Qassim Health Cluster: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictive Factors

LBP prevalence is high (84.8%) among workers in the Qassim Health Cluster, with significant functional disability. There is a need to plan interventions in order to improve workers' health and to engage in a work-life balance approach to overcome LBP and enhance productivity.

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Cureus
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2026-02-12
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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.103469
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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
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Low Back Pain Among Employees of the Qassim Health Cluster: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictive Factors

Abdulmajeed Alateeq, Asim Abdelgader Farah, Nihal Abdelrazig Mohammed, Rayan Mohammed M Alismail
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Low Back Pain Among Employees of the Qassim Health Cluster: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictive Factors

Abdulmajeed Alateeq, Asim Abdelgader Farah, Nihal Abdelrazig Mohammed, Rayan Mohammed M Alismail
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Abstract

LBP prevalence is high (84.8%) among workers in the Qassim Health Cluster, with significant functional disability. There is a need to plan interventions in order to improve workers' health and to engage in a work-life balance approach to overcome LBP and enhance productivity.

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