A comparative study to assess the prevalence of low back pain among mothers undergone lscs and normal vaginal delivery at pallavaram

Introduction: Back pain is one of the most common reasons for missed work. In fact, back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor’s office. Low back pain is the single leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the Global Burden of Disease 2010
Methodology: Quantitative research approach was adopted in this study and descriptive design was used. The sample selected were 30 mothers who have undergone normal delivery or LSCS using purposive sampling technique. A checklist was used to assess the prevalence and severity of low back pain.
Results: It was found that there is a significant difference (t=2.6) in low back pain among mothers undergone LSCS and Normal delivery. The study concludes that women who had undergone LSCS had more severe pain than mothers who had undergone normal delivery