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Table 4 Prevalence of back pain in the third 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. [34]

2018

Iran

Asia

28.98 ± 5.02

cross-sectional study

271

201

74.2

VAS Scale

Kovacs et al. [36]

2012

spain

Europe

32.25 ± 1.46

cross-sectional study

1185

825

71.3

self-report

Robinson et al. [37]

2010

Norway

Europe

31.3 ± 4.20

cross-sectional study

283

-

52

VAS Scale

Sencan et al. [32]

2018

Turkey

Asia

26.5 ± 5.5

cross-sectional study

1500

688

45.86

self-report

Khan et al. [38]

2017

Pakistan

Asia

24.56

cross-sectional

96

66

68.8

researcher administered questionnaire

Tariq et al. [35]

2018

Pakistan

Asia

26.30 ± 4.5

cross-sectional study

1000

263

26.3

researcher administered questionnaire

Madadi-Shad et al. [39]

2018

Pakistan

Asia

-

cross-sectional study

560

227

40.6

self-report

Omoke et al. [40]

2021

Nigeria

Africa

29.33 ± 4.8

cross-sectional study

471

138

58.70

researcher administered questionnaire

Berber et al. [6]

2020

Turkey

Asia

28.09 ± 5.58

cross-sectional study

400

182

45.5

researcher administered questionnaire

Weis et al. [31]

2018

Toronto

America

28.4 ± 8.4

cross-sectional study

287

161

56.1

self-report

Nazari et al. [33]

2020

Iran

Asia

-

cross-sectional study

550

123

69.49

self-report