Tehran University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Occupational Hygiene 2008-5109 10 1 2017 09 11 1 6 EN ARARSO TAFESE Ambo University College of Medicine and Health Science Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 19, Ambo Ethiopia GETAHUN KEBEDE University of Gondar, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institute of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia ABERA SHIBRU Ambo University College of Medicine and Health Science Department of Public Health, P.O. Box 19, Ambo Ethiopia TSEGAYE BENTI Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, P. O. Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia 2017 05 29 2017 09 06 Low back pain (LBP) is one of the leading occupational disease imposing the health of working population among developed and developing countries. This study determined the magnitude and associated factors of LBP among garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, Ethiopia. This institutional cross-sectional study was conducted from the 5th Jan to Apr 2015 on Garment industry workers in Eastern Oromia, on 422 participants. A face-to-face interview was used to collect quantitative data and the Nordic Questionnaires to measure the outcome of interest, LBP, as a worker experiencing self-reported musculoskeletal symptoms in the lower back were defined by aches, pain, or discomfort during the last 12 months. All the questionnaires have been checked visually, coded and entered into SPSS. The magnitude of self-reported LBP was 64.9%. Workers, those had a longer working experience were 2 up to 10 times the chance to have developed workrelated LBP than those with shorter work experience. The magnitude of work-related LBP among garment industry is high. Therefore, government, the owner of the companies and other stockholders should focus on the prevention and control of occupational risk factors for work-related LBP in the garment industries. https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/277 https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/download/277/405