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Table 3 Prevalence of back pain in the second trimester of pregnancy

From: The global prevalence of low back pain in pregnancy: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Reigen

Continent

Age

Type of study

pregnant sample size

Number of pregnants with back pain

Prevalence of back pain

Instrument

Rabiee et al. [12]

2018

Iran

Asia

28.98 ± 5.02

cross-sectional study

145

92

63.4

VAS Scale

Sencan et al. [32]

2018

Turkey

Asia

26.5 ± 5.5

cross-sectional study

1500

561

37.4

self-report

Shijagurumayum et al. [13]

2019

Nepal

Asia

25 ± 4

cross-sectional study

1284

437

34

self-reported

Stapleton et al. [9]

2002

Australia

Australia

-

cross-sectional study

1120

397

35.5

researcher administered questionnaire

Weis et al. [31]

2018

Toronto

America

28.4 ± 8.4

cross-sectional study

287

109

38

self-report

Nazari et al. [33]

2020

Iran

Asia

-

cross-sectional study

550

110

62.85

self-report