Prevalence rate of neck, shoulder and lower back pain in association with age, body mass index and gender among Malaysian office workers.
BACKGROUND: Malaysian office workers often experience Musculoskeletal Discomfort (MSD) which is typically related to the low back, shoulders, and neck. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence of lower back, shoulder, and neck pain among Malaysian office workers. METHODS...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 191 - 200 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
| Publicado: |
Sage Publications Inc.
2018
|
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=130415811&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 130415811 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 60 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 130415811 130415811 130415811 10.3233/WOR-182738 130415811 ppf: 191 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Prevalence rate of neck, shoulder and lower back pain in association with age, body mass index and gender among Malaysian office workers. aug: au: Shariat, Ardalan Cardoso, Jefferson Rosa Cleland, Joshua A. Danaee, Mahmoud Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin Kargarfard, Mehdi Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri affil: Sports Medicine Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran sug: subj: White Collar Workers Low Back Pain Body Mass Index Evaluation Human Male Female Malaysia Geographic Locations Prevalence Age Factors Neck Pain Diagnosis Shoulder Pain Musculoskeletal Diseases Questionnaires Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Malaysian office workers often experience Musculoskeletal Discomfort (MSD) which is typically related to the low back, shoulders, and neck. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine the occurrence of lower back, shoulder, and neck pain among Malaysian office workers. METHODS: 752 subjects (478 women and 274 men) were randomly selected from the Malaysian office workers population of 10,000 individuals. The participants were aged between 20–50 years and had at least one year of work experience. All participants completed the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ). Instructions to complete the questinnaire were given to the participants under the researchers supervision in the morning before they started a day of work. The participants were then classified into four categories based on body mas index (BMI) (BMI:≤18.4, 18.5–24.99, 25–29.99, ≥30) and age (Age: 20–29, 30–39, 40–49, ≥50). RESULTS: There was a significant association between pain severity in gender and right (<italic>p</italic> = 0.046) and left (<italic>p</italic> = 0.041) sides of the shoulders. There was also a significant association between BMI and severity of pain in the lower back area (<italic>p</italic> = 0.047). It was revealed that total pain score in the shoulders was significantly associated with age (<italic>p</italic> = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study demonstrated that a significant correlation existed between pain servity for gender in both right and left shoulder. These findings require further scientific investigation as do the identification of effective preventative stratgies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|