Abstract:
Background: Food delivery is currently one of the most promising business ideas in E commerce industry. With the rapid urbanization, food delivery has become prominent due to
its easy availability and accessibility which has increased the number of young food delivery
motorcyclists.
Objective: To identify the prevalence and associating factors of chronic lower back pain
(LBP) among food delivery motorcyclists in Colombo
Methods: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out using convenience
sampling technique. Data were collected using interviewer administered questionnaire from
food delivery motorcyclists over period of one week. Data were analysed using Microsoft
excel version 2018, SPSS and Google forms. ANOVA test was used to determine the
significance.
Results: 125 male food delivery motorcyclists were choosen and out of them 30% worked for
7-8 hours a day, for 4-5 days a week. Furthermore, 65% of them had LBP and out of them,
41.4% suffered from chronic LBP. About 46.3% of those having LBP used the CT 100
motorbike (p = 0.75). About 83.3% stated that the working duration was reponsible for LBP (p
= 0.092). Out of those with LBP, 41.4% were between the age of 20-25, 38.2% were between
26-30 and the rest were below 30 (p = 0.242). The associating factors of LBP were proven to
be insignificant on analysis.
Conclusions: Although many respondents complained of having LBP, the associating factors
regards to LBP were proven to be insignificant on analysis. Further researches should be
conducted to identify the associating factors of LBP among food delivery motorcyclists.
