Table 4

Prevalence of low back pain in the past 12 months among scaffolders and supervisors

Scaffolders (n=221)
n (%)
Supervisors (n=66)
n (%)
Subjects with low back pain132  (60)40  (61)
Subjects with chronic low back pain50 (23)13 (20)
Subjects with severe low back pain4-150 68 (31)11 (17)
Subjects with low back pain and perceived disability47 (21)12 (18)
  • 4-150 Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test, p<0.05.