Objective: Nursing students as agent of nurses in the future are also susceptible to get LBP which can be caused by various factors, such as knowledge and behavior to prevent LBP. This study aims to determine the comparison of knowledge and behavior to prevent LBP in nursing students. Method: Descriptive and analytical design with stratified random sampling technique, Kruskall Walis and Mann Whitney methode was used for this research with 284 nursing students as a sample. Results: This research show that there are comparison in knowledge about LBP (p = 0.001 , α = 0.05) and there are comparison in behavior preventing LBP (p = 0.002 , α = 0.05) and LBP complaints which is quite high in nursing students at Faculty of Nursing (FON) Universitas Indonesia (UI) based on study programs. Conclusions: There are comparison between knowledge about LBP, Behavior to prevent LBP and also LBP complaints which is quite high among nursing students at FON UI Implications for practice: Evaluation regarding the role of the lecture also the institusions to prevent LBP in the academic stage also needs to be done to improve the effectiveness of learning about LBP.

Keywords: behavior, knowledge, low back pain, nursing students.