low back pain, disability and related risk factors among a sample of women in tehran, iran

background: low back pain is a common health problem that has many consequences, including disability and absence from work.this study aimed to determine the prevalence of low back pain among women referred to quds clinic in tehran, iran.  material and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on women referred to quds clinic, in east of tehran. a total of 100 patients were studied over a period of one month. two questionnaires were used for this study. the first one contains general information such as age, height, weight, body mass index, education level, smoking and physical activity . also the participants were asked whether over the past two weeks had lbp or not and if yes their pain severity was measured through visual analogue scale (vas). the second questionnaire was roland-morris disability questionnaire (rdq) that was only available to persons that expressed a report of pain over the past two weeks. data were analyzed using spss. results 52 patients (52%) of the samples reported lbp.alsosignificant relationship between lbp and functional disability was shown (p