TY - JOUR TI - Knowledge of lower back pain by selected demographic variables among clinical students in Abha, Saudi Arabia A1 - Alburaidi, Ibrahim A2 - Alravie, Khaled A3 - Qahtani, Saleh Al A4 - Dibssan, Hani A5 - Abdulhadi, Nawaf A6 - Almania, Ahmed A7 - Alneami, Hashim A8 - Alnaji, Alharith A9 - Alharthi, Saleh A10 - Alshehri, Shaker JF - International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries JO - IJMDC SN - 1658-7820 VL - 4 IS - 11 SP - 1801 EP - 1805 Y1 - 2020 AB - Background: Lower back pain (LBP) is a worldwide medical issue and a widespread problem for different ages. Therefore, this study aimed to detect and evaluate the knowledge and awareness about LBP among medical students in King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2018 to February 2019, among both male and female students of different departments in the College of Medical Sciences of King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, with a mean age of 20-30 years. Information about knowledge of LBP was collected by using a self-administered questionnaire distributed among all medical students through electronic media.Results: The study was conducted among 310 participants, and majority of the participants (98%) had good knowledge of LBP, while only 2% had bad knowledge. When the association of the levels of LBP knowledge was assessed with regard to age, gender, marital status, and monthly income of the study participants, it was found that there were statistically insignificant relationships among these and the level of knowledge about LBP, except marital status (p-value = 0.000).Conclusion: High knowledge of LBP was found among the people in Abha. Age, gender, and monthly income were insignificantly associated with the prevalence of knowledge of LBP. PB - https://www.ijmdc.com DO - 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1600031947 UR - https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=134717 ER -