Introduction:

Lumbar pain is a public health problem which carries some kind of functional limitation in the individual affecting the quality of life of police personnel.

Objective:

Linking lower back pain to anxiety and depression in police officers at a police station in Lima.

Methods:

It is research with a quantitative, descriptive, transversal analytical and correlal approach, there was the participation of 110 participants, which was obtained through a probabilistic show where all participants had the same opportunity to participate, was conducted at the Monserrat Commissioner, a questionnaire survey was used to measure lower back pain in police personnel "CDLPP" whose reliability was 0.914 alpha crombach and to measure anxiety and depression Zung's test.

Results:

75.5% of police officers with lower back pain were shown. A statistically significant relationship between anxiety and lower back pain (p-0.028) was also evident. Similarly, there was no statistically significant association between lower back pain and depression (P > 0.05).

Conclusion:

Lumbar pain is associated with anxiety in police officers, a police station in Lima. Also a high percentage of police officers suffering from lower back pain, considering that it is a public health problem, which could lead to future some type of disability affecting their quality of life.

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