spine-related behavior among a sample of students regarding backpack carrying

Aim: back pain is one of the most important public health problems among students especially among who carrying backpack to school. the aim of this study was to assess healthy spine-related behavior among these students.instruments and method: a descriptive study was conducted on a random sample of students attending public elementary schools in tehran, iran. the students completed a questionnaire containing items on cognitive abilities sections of knowledge, outcome expectation beliefs, self- efficacy companied with a checklist to assess their skills on back care behaviors. the last section was about items regarding back care behaviors. all collected data entered to spss version 24 and analyzed.findings: in all, 204 students were entered into the study. the mean (sd) of knowledge, outcome expectation beliefs, self- efficacy, skills and back care behaviors were as 4.71 ±1.40; 20.48 ± 6.44; 13.89 ± 4.44; 65.84 ± 16.16; and 20.94 ± 6.65 respectively.conclusion: the findings of this study suggest that the probably influencing factors on back care behaviors were not in optimal status. accordingly, doing multi-central causative studies to confirm the results is strongly recommended.