en <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:0cm><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Aims:</span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:> Nurses are more susceptible to low back pain rather than other Healthcare workers. The present study aimed to assess nurses' knowledge and practice toward the prevention of low back pain related to work and to find out the association between nurses' knowledge and practice with their demographic characteristics.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:0cm><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Instruments & Methods:</span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:> This descriptive analysis study was conducted on nurses at Al-Diwaniya Teaching Hospital, Diwaniyah City, Iraq, from 1 March 2022 until 30 October 2022. Fifty nurses were selected by a purposive sampling (non-probability) method. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire regarding nurses' knowledge of prevention low back pain related to work and an observational checklist to assess nurses’ practice. Data were analyzed using a Chi-square test by SPSS 23 software.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=tab-stops:0cm><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Findings:</span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:> The majority of nurses (60.0%) had a fair level of knowledge, and the mean score of nurses' knowledge was 0.48±0.21. Also, 50.0% of nurses had a low level of practice, and the mean score of nurses' practice was 1.75±0.45. There was a significant relationship between nurses' knowledge and education level (p=0.003). However, there was a significant relationship between nurses' practice and gender, education level, years of experience in nursing, and the workplace in hospital (p<0.05).</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style=font-size:11pt><span style=line-height:normal><span style=font-family:Calibri,sans-serif><b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:>Conclusion:</span></span></b><span style=font-size:10.0pt><span cambria= style=font-family:> Most of the nurses in Al-Diwaniya Teaching Hospital, have a fair level of knowledge and a low level of practice in the prevention of low back pain related to work.</span></span></span></span></span><br> Nurses,Knowledge,Practice,Prevention,Low Back Pain, 209 214 http://hehp.daneshafarand.org/browse.php?a_code=A-1-75368-1&slc_lang=en&sid=4 H.A. Khudair 1003194753284600294308 1003194753284600294308 Yes Fundamental of Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Misan, Al- Nasiriyah, Iraq B.M. Skal 1003194753284600294309 1003194753284600294309 No Adult Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq